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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.”

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Greil Marcus

Greil Marcus, born in June 1945, is a renowned American author. His work spans a variety of fields including music, cultural commentary, and literary criticism, with a particular focus on his in-depth research and commentary on rock music. more

“Farber had a huge effect on me as a writer. I don't mean I write like him. Farber is, first of all, a great stylist, a great writer. Anyone can read Manny Farber's film criticism, whether that person is a novelist, a poet, another critic, a historian, and learn a lot about writing by reading him.”

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Author:Greil Marcus

“Hearing things like 'Wake Up' by Lora Logic, or the Raincoats' 'In Love' - that was something I wasn't prepared for. I couldn't hear anything that came before it in the music, and I didn't want to. I was absolutely in love with its out-of-nowhereness.”

Want Logic Wake Up Prepared Hearing Hearing Things

Author:Greil Marcus

“I learned that when something just has to be said to move the discussion along, or broaden it or deepen it, if I can just keep my mouth shut for five minutes a student will say it. So for me a lot of teaching is about keeping my mouth shut.”

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Author:Greil Marcus

“I never find myself even catching lyrics until something in the sound has taken me captive. Thinking about anything else is just the pleasurable byproduct of wow.”

Thinking Sound Taken Wow Catching Captives

Author:Greil Marcus

“If 'Mystery Train' is my Nixon book and 'Lipstick Traces' my Reagan book, 'Invisible Republic' is my Bill Clinton book. I really liked Clinton. He made me proud to be part of this country again. For all of his failings, the way he put all that he'd done in jeopardy, I supported him from beginning to end.”

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Author:Greil Marcus

“The Sixties are most generously described as a time when people took part - when they stepped out of themselves and acted in public, as people who didn't know what would happen next, but who were sure that acts of true risk and fear would produce something different from what they had been raised to take for granted.”

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Book:The Doors: A Lifetime of Listening to Five Mean Years

Source: The Doors: A Lifetime of Listening to Five Mean Years

“It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict phenomena.”

Theory Tests Accounts

Book:The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences: Founded Upon Their History

Source: The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences: Founded Upon Their History

“The system becomes more coherent as it is further extended. The elements which we require for explaining a new class of facts are already contained in our system. In false theories, the contrary is the case.”

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Book:Theory of Scientific Method

Source: Theory of Scientific Method

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