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Until the 1960s he never made enough money to afford much elegance of his own. But at some level my father was always the homeless boy, the outsider, the one who stood at the edge of “respectable” life looking critically but wistfully in at
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“Intellectuals are naturally attracted by the idea of a planned society, in the belief that they will be in charge of it.”
― Fools, Frauds and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left
― Fools, Frauds and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left
“Meanwhile, ominously, the education denied them now proceeded, as enough of them saw through to how deep, how empty was their ignorance.”
― Vineland
― Vineland
“I wonder if anyone who needs a snappy song service can really appreciate the meaning of the cross.”
― Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic
― Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic
“Oh, let everything pass and be forgotten—and again in two hundred years’ time an ambitious failure will vent his frustration on the simpletons dreaming of a good life (that is if there does not come my kingdom, where everyone keeps to himself and there is no equality and no authorities—but if you don’t want it, I don’t insist and don’t care).”
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“Overnight, punk had become as stupid as everything else. This wonderful vital force that was articulated by the music was really about corrupting every form—it was about advocating kids to not wait to be told what to do, but make life up for themselves, it was about trying to get people to use their imaginations again, it was about not being perfect, it was about saying it was okay to be amateurish and funny, that real creativity came out of making a mess, it was about working with what you got in front of you and turning everything embarrassing, awful, and stupid in your life to your advantage.”
― Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
― Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
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