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The spirit is at home, if not entirely satisfied, in America. - Al

The spirit is at home, if not entirely satisfied, in America. – Allan Bloom

Other quotes by Allan Bloom

The real community of man, in the midst of all the self-contraditory simulacra of community, is the community of those who seek the truth, of potential knowers… of all men to the extent that they know. – Allan Bloom

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Community
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The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency – the belief that the here and now is all there is. – Allan Bloom

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Failure
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Only Socrates knew, after a lifetime of unceasing labor, that he was ignorant. Now every high-school student knows that. How did it become so easy? – Allan Bloom

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Ignorance & Stupidity
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Other Quotes from
America
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Every American carries in his bloodstream the heritage of the malcontent and the dreamer. – Dorothy Fuldheim

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America

I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort. If I could pronounce the name James in any different or more elaborate way I should be in favor of doing it. – Henry James

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America

The Constitution of the United States of America, Article V, Section 1: There shall be a National Anthem containing incomprehensible words and a high note that normal humans cannot hit without risk of hernia. – Dave Barry

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America

We have the Bill of Rights. What we need is a Bill of Responsibilities. – Bill Maher

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America

Random Quotes

Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative writing programs or in English departments. – Mark Strand

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Poetry

Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play. – Mike Singletary

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Sports

Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents. – Khalil Gibran

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Wisdom

Gender consciousness has become involved in almost every intellectual field: history, literature, science, anthropology. Theres been an extraordinary advance. – Clifford Geertz

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Science