John Dos Passos quotes - page 2

If I were sufficiently romantic I suppose I'd have killed myself long ago just to make people talk about me. I haven't even got the conviction to make a successful drunkard. (John Dos Passos)
The mind cannot support moral chaos for long. Men are under as strong a compulsion to invent an ethical setting for their behavior as spiders are to weave themselves webs. View quote
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People don't choose their careers; they are engulfed by them. View quote
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The creation of a world view is the work of a generation rather than of an individual, but we each of us, for better or for worse, add our brick to the edifice. View quote
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The mind of a generation is its speech. A writer makes aspects of that speech enduring by putting them in print. He whittles at the words and phrases of today and makes of them forms to set the mind of tomorrow's generation. That's history. A writer who writes straight is the architect of history. View quote
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A writer who writes straight is the architect of history. View quote
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Sex is a slotmachine. View quote
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Display advertising and the movies, though they may dull the wits, certainly stimulate the eyes. View quote
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Women is fine once you got em pinned down, boss, but when they ain't pinned down they're hell. View quote
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The only way to find out anything about what kinds of lives people led in any given period is to tunnel into their records and to let them speak for themselves. View quote
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A man's got to work for more than himself and his kids to feel right. (John Dos Passos)
It's almost worth having been in the army for the joy your freedom gives you. View quote
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U.S.A. is the speech of the people. View quote
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