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Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have jargo

Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have jargon: instead of principles, slogans: and, instead of genuine ideas, bright ideas. – Eric Bently

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Fashion, which elevates the bad to the level of the good, subsqequently turns its back on bad and good alike. – Eric Bently

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It does not seem that the contradiction which exists between the aristocratic function of art and the democratic structure of modern society can ever be resolved. – Herbert Read

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But if you say that we should not educate children who have come into our state for no other reason than theyve been brought there by no fault of their own, I dont think you have a heart. We need to be educating these children, because they will become a drag on our society. – Rick Perry

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Things happen too quickly, crisis follows crisis, the soil of our minds is perpetually disturbed. Each of us, to relieve his feelings, broadcasts his own running commentary on the preposterous and bewildering events of the hour: and this, nowadays, is what passes for conversation. – Jan Struther, Mrs. Miniver, 1930s

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What they sell to the masses are the chains you must break if you are ever to be in control of your life. – Mike Dolan, @HawaiianLife

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