![]() ![]() I did not want to be teased, tormented, and brutalized by young whores.” ( Encyclopedia)Īfter leaving prison, he moved to California and took his stepfather’s surname, becoming Robert Beck. Pimping was no profession for a man his age. Squaring UpĪt forty-two, he decided to “square up” while serving time in Cook County jail. ![]() Slim was, as he admits, a callous and violent man. He beat them with wire hangers when manipulation and mind games wouldn’t control them. During that time, he claims to have dominated over four hundred women. A career which he continued for twenty-four years despite a couple of stays in prison. His education didn’t last long the college suspended him for bootlegging or gambling - depending on which commentator you believe.Īccording to his memoir Pimp, Slim started pimping in and around Chicago when he was 18. ![]() Keen that her son didn’t fall into this world, his mother sent him to college in Alabama. “They were the only ones who always had the money to spend on their appearance… that’s how I got street poisoned.” ( The New York Times) Pimps and their whores frequented his mother’s business, and Slim became enthralled by their glamour and money. The LifeĪt his mother’s beauty parlour, he first became aware of “the life”. Slim was born in Chicago his father abandoned his mother when he was a child, leaving her to open a beauty shop in Milwaukee and raise Slim as a single parent. We hope you’ll join us.Iceberg Slim was the pen name of Robert Beck - born Robert Lee Maupin (1918 – 1992). That we have the best of both worlds at BookQuoters we read books cover-to-cover but Typical of the Information Age but is a habit disdained by some diehard readers. World conversely, gleaning the main ideas of a book via a quote or a quick summary is Books are seen by some as a throwback to a previous Submissions from our visitors and will select the quotes we feel are most appealing toįounded in 2023, BookQuoters has quickly become a large and vibrant community of people Interesting, well written and has potential to enhance the reader’s life. We thoughtfully gather quotes from our favorite books, both classic and current, andĬhoose the ones that are most thought-provoking. For all of us, quotes are a great way to remember a bookĪnd to carry with us the author’s best ideas. ![]() For some of us a quote becomes a mantra, a goal or a More via texts, memes and sound bytes, short but profound quotes from books have become Memorable and interesting quotes from great books. The Broken Eye by Brent Weeks About BookQuotersīookQuoters is a community of passionate readers who enjoy sharing the most meaningful, ― Iceberg Slim, quote from Pimp: The Story of My Life He was a twisted wise man and one day when he wasn’t looking, a movie flashed on the screen. So always write positive, dynamic scripts and show only the best movies for you on that screen whether you are pimp or priest.” His rundown of his screen theory saved my sanity many years later. After all, we are the absolute bosses of that whole theatre and show in our minds. “Son, there is no reason except a stupid one for anybody to project on that screen anything that will worry him or dull that vital edge. If you’re a dopey sucker, you’ll just sit and watch all kinds of mindwrecking, damn fool movies on that screen.” He said. I picture the human mind as a movie screen. He would say, “Always remember whether you be sucker or hustler in the world out there, you’ve got that vital edge if you can iron-clad your feelings. He was the first to attempt to teach me to control my emotions. “He was an old Drag man with his bit getting short. ![]()
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