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“So much of TV seems to be chewing gum for the eyes.... TV desperately needs more self-reliance and pride in the medium.”

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John Mason Brown

John Mason Brown, an American author, was born on July 3, 1900, and passed away on March 16, 1969. His works are known for their profound psychological insights and vivid portrayals of Southern American life. more

“Although a life-long fashion dropout, I have absorbed enough by reading Harper's Bazaar while waiting at the dentist's to have grasped that the purpose of fashion is to make A Statement. My own modest Statement, discerned by true cognoscenti, is, "Woman Who Wears Clothes So She Won't Be Naked.”

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Author:Molly Ivins

“It is great to get praise from the lips of taciturnity.”

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Book:The Letters of John Addington Symonds: 1869-1884

Source: The Letters of John Addington Symonds: 1869-1884

“We ought never to be afraid to repeat an ancient truth, when we feel that we can make it more striking by a neater turn, or bring it alongside of another truth, which may make it clearer, and thereby accumulate evidence. It belongs to the inventive faculty to see clearly the relative state of things, and to be able to place them in connection; but the discoveries of ages gone by belong less to their first authors than to those who make them practically useful to the world.”

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Author:Luc de Clapiers

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