Quote by James Wolcott
High expectations werent nurtured in my neck of nowhere back then

High expectations werent nurtured in my neck of nowhere back then – children werent fawned over from an early age as gifted and groomed for a prizewinning future self-esteem was considered something you had to pick from the garden yourself. – James Wolcott

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A lost election can have the jolt of a drop through the gallows door, leading to a dark night of the soul in which the future presses down like a cloud that will never lift. – James Wolcott

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The lies the government and media tell are amplifications of the lies we tell ourselves. To stop being conned, stop conning yourself. – James Wolcott

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As we divest ourselves of once familiar physical objects – digitize and dematerialize – we approach a Star Trek future in which everything can be accessed from the fourth dimension with a few clicks or terse audibles. – James Wolcott

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