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Mordecai Richler Quotes

1931–2001 Canada

Mordecai Richler CC (January 27, 1931 – July 3, 2001) was a Canadian author, scriptwriter, and essayist.

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Random Mordecai Richler quote

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The chief rabbi of the underworld, that's me.

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1959)

I was a voracious reader, but you would be mistaken if you took that as evidence of my quality.

Barney's Version (1997)

This is an age of scientific wonders. You miss somebody so you pick up the phone to say hello. Three minutes for sixty-five cents. Nobody goes broke.

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1959)

So far as one can generalize, the most gracious, cultivated, and innovative people in this country are French Canadians. Certainly they have given us the most exciting politicians of our time: Trudeau, Lévesque. Without them, Canada would be an exceedingly boring and greatly diminished place.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Mordecai Richler (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.