"Intellect is resented as a form of power or privilege."

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Source : Richard Hofstadter (2012). “Anti-Intellectualism in American Life”, p.34, Vintage

Richard Hofstadter

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“All authors secretly hope that their works will be read in 100 years' time and 200 years, and that they will somehow survive into the future.”

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“Goodness is also about interacting with people, brands, companies and organizations who are invested in sustainable and ethical practices. What's the point of using products that are ruining our Earth? It doesn't make sense.”
“I have spoken with many former athletes, and they tell me the best time they had was in sports. I listen to them and use their experience in my career.”
“The beet is the most intense of vegetables. The radish, admittedly, is more feverish, but the fire of the radish is a cold fire, the fire of discontent, not of passion. Tomatoes are lusty enough, yet there runs through tomatoes an undercurrent of frivolity. Beets are deadly serious.”
“I think drugs are part of the magical possibilities of youth and I wouldn't be here if I had continued with it.”
“They that never peeped beyond the common belief in which their easy understandings were at first indoctrinated are strongly assured of the truth of their receptions.”
“Novels arenâ€™t just happy escapes; they are slivers of peopleâ€™s souls, nailed to the pages, dripping ink from veins of wood pulp. Reading the right one at the right time can make all the difference.”
“The reason for my painting large canvases is that I want to be intimate and human.”

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