Damon Runyon Quotes

• La vida es dura, y es muy dura cuando eres estúpido.

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  Stupid, Tough, Life Is

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• La carrera no siempre es para los rápidos, ni la batalla para los fuertes, pero así es como hay que apostar.

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  Funny, Happiness, Success

  More Than Somewhat (1937). This quotation is associated with Runyon, but the Chicago Tribune, 10 May 1936, printed the following: "'The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that is the way to bet,' as Hugh Keough used to say." Keough was a Chicago journalist.

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• I came to the conclusion long ago that all life is six to five against.

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  Life, Gambling, Long Ago

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• She has a laugh so hearty it knocks the whipped cream off an order of strawberry shortcake on a table fifty feet away.

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  Art, Order, Feet

  Damon Runyon (1981). “The bloodhounds of Broadway and other stories”, William Morrow & Company

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• He who tooteth not his own horn, the same shall not be tooted.

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  Cuernos

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• If I have all the tears that are shed on Broadway by guys in love, I will have enough salt water to start an opposition ocean to the Atlantic and Pacific, with enough left over to run the Great Salt Lake out of business. But I wish to say I never shed any of these tears personally, because I am never in love, and furthermore, barring a bad break, I never expect to be in love, for the way I look at it love is strictly the old phedinkus, and I tell the little guy as much.

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  Running, Ocean, Love Is

  Damon Runyon (2008). “Guys and Dolls and Other Writings”, p.216, Penguin

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• I'm inspired by love, by the moments that we commit to something with all our heart - be it a person, a project, an animal, anything really. It's undeniably inspiring, that acknowledgment of existence, that I love, that I care. That fills me with purpose.

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  Heart, Animal, Purpose

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• Puedes quedarte con las cosas de bronce y piedra y darme un hombre que me recuerde sólo una vez al año.

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  Hombres, Años, Dar

  1946 Last words.

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• Always try to rub up against money, for if you rub up against money long enough, some of it may rub off on you.

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  Money, Long, Trying

  A Very Honorable Guy" (1929)

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• I've failed so many times in my life that my recovery time has improved. I'm better at redirecting my attention. I've trained in Radical Aliveness and Core Energetics over the past couple of years and that has allowed me to see how much we project our failures onto others. It has taught me to accept myself. There is real power in owning your truth.

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  Couple, Real, Recovery

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• En mi opinión, el pavo es el bicho más sobrevalorado a efectos alimenticios del reino, pero el ejemplo más sorprendente que tenemos del poder de la propaganda.

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  Power, Turkeys, Example

  Damon Runyon (1946). “Short Takes: Readers' Choice of the Best Columns of America's Favorite Newspaperman, Damon Runyon”

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• Failure is always present as an actor. I make my living by taking chances. If I'm not risking something, then I'm not doing my job, so I'm constantly failing. In fact, I'm trying to fail bigger. I try to focus on the positive, the moment, and try to realize where I'm at in an attempt to understand the failure.

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  Jobs, Focus, Trying

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• A free-loader is a confirmed guest. He is the man who is always willing to come to dinner.

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  Men, Guests, Dinner

  Damon Runyon (1946). “Short Takes: Readers' Choice of the Best Columns of America's Favorite Newspaperman, Damon Runyon”

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• Una vez conocí a un tipo que tenía un sistema que consistía en colgar al bebé en el tendedero para que se secara y era muy admirado por sus conciudadanos por haber descubierto una maravillosa innovación en el cambio de pañales.

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  Baby, Clothes, Innovation

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• In all the history of the boxing game, you'll find no human interest story to compare with the life narrative of James J. Braddock.

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  Games, Boxing, Stories

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• He [Will Rogers] was America's most complete human document. One-third humor. One-third humanitarian. One-third heart.

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  Heart, America, Roger

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• Growing up in that fashion is a breeding ground for insecurity and doubt; it also leaves you questioning motives. It took me a long time to see the world as I want it without constantly looking for approval. I still fall, but I'm better suited for survival.

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  Fashion, Growing Up, Fall

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• he hardest obstacle for me has been to find a father. I am the product of three fathers, and my connection to each of them has left me wanting. Each have their own strengths and weaknesses, but I've always been in competition with them in some way.

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  Father, Competition, Weakness

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• Damon Runyon. A day-coach boy in a parlor car seat.

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  Success, Boys, Car

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