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John Dos Passos

"Every generation rewrites the past. In easy times history is more or less of an ornamental art, but in times of danger we are driven to the written record by a pressing need to find answers to the riddles of today.... In times of change and danger when there is a quicksand of fear under men's reasoning, a sense of continuity with generations gone before can stretch like a lifeline across the scary present and get us past that idiot delusion of the exceptional Now that blocks good thinking."

Source : John Dos Passos (1964). “Occasions and protests”

John Dos Passos

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“The idea of God is the sole wrong for which I cannot forgive mankind.”
“Now that I beat Lindsay I feel much better.”
“People come into your life and people leave it... you just have to trust that life has a road mapped out for you.”
“In holding your antagonist, therefore, you should hold him lightly as if your arms were nothing but chains which connect you with him, so that you may stretch or contract them at will when necessary, and pull or push him in any direction you choose. If you pull your opponent or apply your tricks on him by putting from the beginning too much strength in your arms, then you are going to contest with him by means of your power and against the principles of Judo. In doing so, you can never expect to succeed in your contest.”
“Use it or lose it is a cliche because it's true.”

Source : "Stone me!". Interview with Jon Savage, www.theguardian.com. August 9, 2008.
“The saints were people like all of us. Many of them came out of great sins, but by repentance they attained the Kingdom of Heaven. And everyone who comes there comes through repentance, which the merciful Lord has given us through His sufferings.”
“Measure her rights and duties by the unerring standard of moral beingâ€¦ and then the truth will be self-evident, that whatever it is morally right for a man to do, it is morally right for a woman to do. I recognize no rights but human rights â€“ I know nothing of menâ€™s rights and womenâ€™s rights; for in Christ Jesus, there is neither male nor female. It is my solemn conviction, that, until this principle of equality is recognised and embodied in practice, the Church can do nothing effectual for the permanent reformation of the world.”
“There is a malaise that exists in your land - what appears to many as the sudden and tragic disappearance of the American dream which, in some ways, has turned to nightmare. J. J. Greene Quotes.”

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