Bank Robbery Quotes
When crime becomes metaphor and memory.
These quotes use bank robbery both literally and as a sharp metaphor for reckless behavior, from taxi rides in New York to corporate excess in the 1980s. The satirical edge is similar to commentary found in Adler quotes.
The essays in The Great Taos Bank Robbery were my project to win a Master of Arts degree in English when I quit being a newspaper editor and went back to college.
The '80s to me, more than anything else, represents a time of real criminal activity in the office of the president: an incredibly disparate economy in terms of the class distinctions and whatnot, and a tremendous shallowness - a lot...
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Anytime four New Yorkers get into a cab together without arguing, a bank robbery has just taken place.
You can easily die racing to cover a bank robbery as you can in a war zone.
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Whether recalling academic essays on a real robbery or warning about the danger journalists face reporting on crime, this collection blends memoir, satire, and social critique. See more sharp observations in the Stephen Sommers quotes page.
