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Throughout the civilized world, from Battery Park to Fulton Street, he was known as a dependable man for a fast tax write-off.

Joseph Heller • Catch-22

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The idea from a dialogue point of view was, he was a man who sold his soul, so he basically surrendered the sense of I or me. He never refers to himself as I or me; it’s always “a man.” He is a sort of elemental figure and an ancient character who can’t seem to die. As he says in the last episode, “I didn’t speak to anyone for a century.” So what w... See more

Finn Cohen • After Five Seasons of ‘Fargo,’ Noah Hawley Is Still Rooting for America

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For his bold judicial opinion he received bushels of letters threatening to kill him and telling him he’d burn in hell for eternity. Kramer had to live with twenty-four-hour police protection and wear a bulletproof vest under his judicial robes. He also strapped on a gun.41

Lillian Faderman • The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle

Harvey had also been impressed by his willingness to chase a wild boar down a steep cliff. “He is kind of an animal,” Harvey said with manifest respect. “I love that,” said Kagle.

Randall E. Stross • eBoys: The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists at Work

Josh Baer. He is not actually a journalist, but for over ten years he’s been sending out an electronic newsletter called The Baer Faxt that reports on, among other things, who is buying

Sarah Thornton • Seven Days in the Art World

Mrs. Boyd had recently told him of Wolfe’s being beaten almost to death at Munich’s Oktoberfest.

A. Scott Berg • Max Perkins: Editor of Genius

Gold died from pancreatic cancer in 2018 at the age of fifty-seven. The day after, I drove around Los Angeles to eat three of his favorite Mexican dishes: smoked marlin tacos in Inglewood, a shrimp taco in Boyle Heights, the clayuda at an Oaxacan restaurant in Koreatown.