Quote by Greil Marcus
It may be that the most interesting American struggle is the strug

It may be that the most interesting American struggle is the struggle to set oneself free from the limits one is born to, and then to learn something of the value of those limits. – Greil Marcus

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No failure in America, whether of love or money, is ever simple it is always a kind of betrayal, of a mass of shadowy, shared hopes. – Greil Marcus

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Patriotism in America, as I understand it, is a matter of suffering, when the country fails to live up to its promises, or actively betrays them. – Greil Marcus

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Through struggle to the stars. – Anon.

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I have always struggled to achieve excellence. One thing that cycling has taught me is that if you can achieve something without a struggle its not going to be satisfying. – Greg LeMond

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You talk about capitalism and communism and all that sort of thing, but the important thing is the struggle everybody is engaged in to get better living conditions, and they are not interested too much in the form of government. – Bernard Baruch

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The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a mans heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy. – Albert Camus

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