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All literary men are Red Sox fans – to be a Yankee fan in a literate society is to endanger your life. – John Cheever

Other quotes by John Cheever

For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain [and] the noise of battle. – John Cheever

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Writing
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John Cheever
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The organizations of men, like men themselves, seem subject to deafness, near-sightedness, lameness, and involuntary cruelty. We seem tragically unable to help one another, to understand one another. – John Cheever

Category:
Perfection
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John Cheever
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Those persons who are burning to display heroism may rest assured that the course of social evolution will offer them every opportunity. – Havelock Ellis

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A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives. – George Osborne

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Society

The idealists will always be in society, and we will survive. – John Zorn

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Society

We feed on the world in increasingly desperate attempts to compensate for feelings of incompleteness, separation, and alienation. This is a sorry way to live. – Ken McLeod, Wake Up To Your Life: Discovering the Buddhist Path of Attention

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We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream it may be so the moment after death. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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I think there is a generation gap. I personally look forward to, as our generation becomes the leaders, you are gonna see a change, and I think hopefully gay marriage will be a part of that country. – Vanessa Kerry

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To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Indecision becomes decision with time. – Author Unknown

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