Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

James Baldwin (1924-1987) American novelist, playwright, activist

“Fifth Avenue, Uptown,” Esquire (1960-07)
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Reprinted in Nobody Knows My Name (1961). This is sometimes mis-cited to "The Precarious Vogue of Ingmar Bergman," Esquire (1960-04), which is also reprinted there.