Paul Gallico
Paul Gallico
Paul William Gallicowas an American novelist, short story and sports writer. Many of his works were adapted for motion pictures. He is perhaps best remembered for The Snow Goose, his only real critical success, and for the novel The Poseidon Adventure, primarily through the 1972 film adaptation...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth26 July 1897
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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The door opened and it was God himself who walked into the room, straight from the glittering throne, God dressed in a camel's hair polo coat and flat camel's hair cap.
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Jack Dempsey was a picture book fighter. By all the sons of Mars, he looked the part. He had dark eyes, blue-black hair, and the most beautifully proportioned body ever seen in any ring. He had the wide but sharply sloping shoulders of the puncher, a slim waist, and fine, symmetrical legs. His weaving, shuffling style of approach was drama in itself and suggested the stalking of a jungle animal. He had a smoldering truculence on his face and hatred in his eyes.
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Nobody's a natural. You work to get good and then work to get better. It's hard to stay on top.