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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but religiously follo

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but religiously follows the new. – Henry David Thoreau

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There is nothing in the world more stubborn than a corpse: you can hit it, you can knock it to pieces, but you cannot convince it. – Alexander Herzen

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You must be in tune with the times and prepared to break with tradition. – James Agee

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To keep up even a worthwhile tradition means vitiating the idea behind it which must necessarily be in a constant state of evolution: it is mad to try to express new feelings in a mummified form. – Alfred Jarry

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People should think things out fresh and not just accept conventional terms and the conventional way of doing things. – Richard Buckminster Fuller

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