"The mind of a generation is its speech. A writer makes aspects of that speech enduring by putting them in print. He whittles at the words and phrases of today and makes of them forms to set the mind of tomorrow's generation. That's history. A writer who writes straight is the architect of history."

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Source : John Dos Passos (1988). “John Dos Passos: the major nonfictional prose”

John Dos Passos

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“What our men and women in uniform are doing is providing for the Iraqi people and other surrounding nations the opportunity to see, to taste and to experience the democracy that equals freedom and ultimately justice.”
“Singers- nothing sounds like you. For better or worse-there is only 1 of you. Don't homogenize your sound by making it just like the next.”
“Throughout my professional life, I have looked upon the Corps as a most valuable part of our naval organization, and this opinion has only been the more confirmed by every year's additional experience in active service.”
“I don't think there is enough respect in general for the time it takes to write consistently good fiction. Too many people think they will master writing overnight, or that they are as good as they will ever be.”
“One day you retire, and you get a social life.”
“Obsession is an attractive thing. People who are really, really interested and good at one thing and smart are attractive, if they're men.”
“I could have missed the pain but I'd of had to miss the dance.”

Source : "Song: 'The Dance'". 1989.
“Adolescence: A stage between infancy and adultery.”

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