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Quote by Louis Kronenberger

“One must never judge the writer by the man; but one may fairly judge the man by the writer.”

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Louis Kronenberger, born on December 9, 1904, in New York, USA, and passed away on April 30, 1980. He was a renowned American literary critic and poet, known for his profound understanding and unique insights into poetry. more

“On a very rough-and-ready basis we might define an eccentric as a man who is a law unto himself, and a crank as one who, having determined what the law is, insists on laying it down to others. An eccentric puts ice cream on steak simply because he likes it; should a crank do so, he would endow the act with moral grandeur and straightaway denounce as sinners (or reactionaries) all who failed to follow suit. Cranks, at their most familiar, are a sort of peevish prophets, and it's not enough that they should be in the right; others must also be in the wrong.”

Men Should Enough Might Law Moral Ready Bases Determined Likes Familiar Suits Ice Prophet Sinner Rough Cream Ice Cream Grandeur Eccentric Steak Reactionaries Crank

Author:Louis Kronenberger

“For tens of millions of people [television] has become habit-forming, brain-softening, taste-degrading.”

People Brain Millions Television Habit Taste Degrading

Author:Louis Kronenberger

“... anything a powerful group has is perceived as good, no matter what it is, and anything a less powerful group has is not so good, no matter how intrinsically great it might be.”

Matter Might Values Powerful Power Groups Honesty No Matter What

Book:Moving Beyond Words: Essays on Age, Rage, Sex, Power, Money, Muscles: Breaking the Boundaries of Gender

Source: Moving Beyond Words: Essays on Age, Rage, Sex, Power, Money, Muscles: Breaking the Boundaries of Gender

“... if you're a woman, all they can think about your relationship with a politician is that you're either sleeping with him or advising him about clothes.”

Ifs Thinking Politics Sleep Politician Clothes Our Relationship Slander

Author:Gloria Steinem

“... we've allowed a youth-centered culture to leave us so estranged from our future selves that, when asked about the years beyondfifty, sixty, or seventy--all part of the average human life span providing we can escape hunger, violence, and other epidemics--many people can see only a blank screen, or one on which they project fear of disease and democracy.”

Source: Passion, Politics, and Everyday Activism: Collected Essays: Moving Beyond Words; Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions; and Revolution from Within

“... if young women have a problem, it's only that they think there's no problem.”

Ifs Thinking Problem Young Youth Young Women No Problem

Book:Outrageous acts and everyday rebellions

Source: Outrageous acts and everyday rebellions

“It was the first female-style revolution: no violence and we all went shopping.”

Firsts Violence Style Revolution Wall Female Shopping Berlin Wall

Author:Gloria Steinem

“... members of a powerful group are raised to believe (however illogically) that whatever affects it will also affect them. On theother hand, members of less powerful groups are raised to believe (however illogically) that each individual can escape the group's fate. Thus, cohesion is encouraged on the one hand, and disunity is fostered on the other.”

Believe Hands Individual Powerful Power Fate Groups Members Raised Cohesion Disunity

Book:Doing Sixty & Seventy

Source: Doing Sixty & Seventy

“Only when women rebel against patriarchal standards does female muscle become more accepted.”