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41 " IT WAS CUSTOMARY in the South for outside observers to interpret events in terms of ideology (usually racial ideology) and for local observers to interpret the same events in terms of money (usually graft). "
― Calvin Trillin , Jackson, 1964: And Other Dispatches from Fifty Years of Reporting on Race in America
42 " The naked statement—a black man has been killed by a white policeman—is such a fearsome divider of the races that the people who preside over a city immediately try to cover it with details. "
43 " Long Island is the single most segregated suburban area in the United States. "
44 " My problem with math was that I was never able to convince my teachers that many of my answers were meant ironically. "
― Calvin Trillin ,
45 " The American people are sick to death of people taking advantage of laws and then playing victim. This man is not a victim. He’s a provocateur. Simple as that. "
― Calvin Trillin , Tepper Isn't Going Out
46 " La comida sana me enferma "
― Calvin Trillin