Fifth Avenue quotes

Fifth Avenue

8 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

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Ruth Marcus
Ruth Marcus Journalist

"I think there is a core of Trump supporters who, as he said during the campaign, he could shoot somebody on Fifth Avenue. They are not rattled by anything they have seen. They're sticking with him, so they're happy to sort of see him back out there being Trump."

J. D. Salinger
J. D. Salinger Novelist, Short Story Writer

"She's quite skinny, like me, but nice skinny. Roller-skate skinny. I watched her once from the window when she was crossing over Fifth Avenue to go to the park, and that's what she is, roller-skate skinny. You'd like her."

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