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Americans Are Pragmatic, Relatively Uncomplicated, Hearty And Given To Broad Humor.

A Good Column Is One That Sells Paper. It Doesn't Matter How Beautifully It Is Written And How Much You Admire The Author... If It Doesn't Sell Any Papers, It's Not A Good Column. It's A Terrible Yardstick To Use, But In The Newspaper Business, That's The Whole Thing.

A Man Begins Cutting His Wisdom Teeth The First Time He Bites Off More Than He Can Chew.

New Yorkers Are Stuck In A Gloomy Mucilage Of Mutual Commiseration.

A City Is A Crazy Concrete Jungle Whose People At The End Of Each Day Somehow Make A Small Step Ahead Against Terrible Odds.