"One of the most extraordinary things about industrial society of the present day is its idiot lack of memory. Tabloids and movies take the place of mental processes and revolts, crimes, despairs pass off in a dribble of vague words and rubber stamp phrases without leaving a scratch on the mind of the driven instalment-paying, subway-packing mass."

-- John Dos Passos

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“At times it has been doubtful to me if Emerson really knows or feels what Poetry is at its highest, as in the Bible, for instance, or Homer or Shakspeare. I see he covertly or plainly likes best superb verbal polish, or something old or odd”
“See, thatâ€™s the difference,â€ Mauvin said. â€œI suffer a loss and people console me. Royce suffers a loss and whole towns evacuate.”
“Nothing helps scenery like bacon and eggs.”
“He felt like somebody had taken the lid off life and let him see the works.”
“How do we redefine education so that 30-50 percent of inner-city children do not drop out of school, thus ensuring that millions will end up in prison?”
“Is not a kiss the very autograph of love?”

Source : Henry Theophilus Finck (1887). “Romantic Love and Personal Beauty: Their Development, Causal Relations, Historic and National Peculiarities”
“Through movies, I have met nearly everyone I have wanted to, except Woody Allen.”
“Nothing makes a pitcher feel more secure than the sight of his teammates circling the bases during a ball game.”

Source : Jim Brosnan (1962). “Pennant Race”

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