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Roy and the old couple, Harvey and Rita, were the only ones left. They brought Roy to New York when he was barely twenty-five and set him up running “errands” now and again for some heavy people in Brooklyn. As a rule, they didn’t trust him with anything too complicated, on account of they didn’t think Roy was all that bright. Outside of Albert, no
... See moreScott Frank • Shaker: A novel

everyone around the Saint Paul levees came to know “Jim” Hill, his name usually rendered as one word, “Jimhill,” a man who always seemed up on anything and everything that went on.
Michael P. Malone • James J. Hill: Empire Builder of the Northwest (The Oklahoma Western Biographies Book 12)
He was slick, that’s for sure. They followed him into a Big 5, watched as he walked around, putting on clothes from the racks. Watched as he bumped into and easily snaked a wallet from a young white dude waiting in line to pay for a snowboard. Thirty seconds later, they saw him pick up another wallet from a guy in a suit looking up at the mountain
... See moreScott Frank • Shaker: A novel
The press, sometimes they don’t understand that we’re human beings. It was a lot of pressure to be The Emperor. I came from nothing. I was a kid who just wanted to go play football and then drink his drink and hang out with his boys. And I know that’s not something you hear from a lot of footballers these days, because everything is so serious
... See moreAdriano Leite Ribeiro • Adriano Has A Story to Tell | By Adriano
railed as he
Walter Isaacson • Steve Jobs
Andy Warhol was said to create with a television, radio, and record player all on simultaneously. For Eminem, the noise of a single TV set is his preferred backdrop for writing.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
In 2010, civil rights legend and Democratic congressman John Lewis claimed that he was berated by racial slurs—including the big one—as he entered Congress. Andrew got footage from several different angles that showed nothing of the kind. Further, he found that congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. was himself filming the entrance.