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Being raised Catholic in a pressure-cooker household besieged by alcohol and bill collectors enforced and heightened a sense of sentry duty in me, the oldest of five children and the one most responsible for keeping everything from capsizing. Wild indulgence was for other people, the non-worriers. ↗

— James Wolcott

#being #bill #catholic #children #collectors

Even the most piddling life is of momentous consequence to its owner. ↗

— James Wolcott

#even #life #momentous #most #owner

I still believe nonfiction is the most important literature to come out of the second half of the 20th century. ↗

— Tom Wolfe

#believe #century #come #half #i

The particular feature of Berlin - well, all you need to do is look at the map: the geographical position of the city right in the heart of Europe, and the separation of the most powerful two blocs we've ever had in history, which went all the way through Germany. ↗

— Markus Wolf

#blocs #city #europe #ever #feature

I was always proud on 'Party of Five'. We never had the biggest audience, but we had arguably the most loyal. ↗

— Scott Wolf

#arguably #audience #biggest #five #had

That's mostly what the Internet is, just passing the time. But unfortunately you are dealing with words that can have meaning. ↗

— Tom Wolfe

#internet #just #meaning #mostly #passing

But as my brother was doing his research for a book about my father, it became his opinion that the most influential anti-semitism my father encountered when he was growing up was from Jews, because his relatives were German Jews, and doctors. ↗

— Tobias Wolff

#anti-semitism #became #because #book #brother

Most of us don't live lives that lend themselves to novelistic expression, because our lives are so fragmented. ↗

— Tobias Wolff

#expression #fragmented #lend #live #lives

There are writers who do start doing the same thing again and again and almost inevitably fall into self-parody. ↗

— Tobias Wolff

#almost #doing #fall #inevitably #into

Work for most people is really very social, and the actual thinking is often done in community. ↗

— Tobias Wolff

#community #done #most #often #people