
Baltimore Sun Staff
A quotation from the late Thurgood Marshall, Baltimore native and Supreme Court justice, can be found on the steps of Baltimore’s Western District police station. And now, before I forget them all, more quotes and bon mots from my personal collection: “I’m not an actor, I’m a movie star.” Peter O’Toole, as Alan Swann, in my favorite film, “My Favorite Year,” a 1982 comedy about a 1950s TV show, with a poignant turn into the space between hero worship and enabling an alcoholic. “I haven’t seen a man chew gum like that since Jean-Paul Belmondo in ‘Breathless.’” What I heard a woman say about a guy who attracted her attention across a sprawling Baltimore office. “Our faith is a living thing precisely because it walks […]



