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Russell, Bertrand. "An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish." Unpopular Essays. George Allen & Unwin, 1950.

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Russell, Bertrand. "An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish." Unpopular Essays. George Allen & Unwin, 1950.

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Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin, 1958, ch. 1, sect. 1.

After each war there is a little less democracy to save.

Brooks Atkinson

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Atkinson, Brooks. Once Around the Sun. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1951.

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Truman, Harry S. Interviewed by Margaret Truman. Person to Person, CBS. 27 May 1955.

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"Escape Clause." The Twilight Zone, written by Rod Serling, directed by Mitchell Leisen, season 1, episode 6, Cayuga Productions and CBS Television Network, 1959.

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Steinbeck, John. Letter to Thom Steinbeck. 10 Nov. 1958.

They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more.

Samuel Beckett

Waiting for Godot

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Beckett, Samuel. En attendant Godot. Directed by Roger Blin. 5 Jan. 1953, Théâtre de Babylone, Paris, France.

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Vertigo. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, 1958.

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Camus, Albert. La Chute [The Fall]. Editions Gallimard, 1956.

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Camus, Albert. Le Mythe de Sisyphe [The Myth of Sisyphus]. Éditions Gallimard, 1942.

He's always attracted by the art he isn't practicing, the place he hasn't been, the girl he hasn't met.

An Affair to Remember

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An Affair to Remember. Directed by Leo McCarey, Jerry Wald Productions, 1957.

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Berlin, Isaiah. "Two Concepts of Liberty." 31 Oct. 1958, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, UK.

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Berlin, Isaiah. Isaiah Berlin and the Politics of Freedom: ‘Two Concepts of Liberty’ 50 Years Later, edited by Bruce Baum and Robert Nichols. Routledge, 2015.

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Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt. "Advice to a Great-Grandson." His 90th birthday celebration. 1958, The Roosevelt Hotel, New York, NY, USA. Address.

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Eisenhower, Dwight D. "Chance for Peace." American Society for Newspaper Editors meeting. 16 Apr. 1953, Washington, DC, USA.

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Mizner, Wilson. Quoted in The Legendary Mizners, written by Alva Johnston. Farrar, Straus and Young, 1953, ch. 4.

Gratitude, like love, is never a dependable international emotion.

Joseph Alsop

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Alsop, Joseph. Quoted in The Observer. 30 Nov. 1952.

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Getty, Jean Paul. How to Be Rich. Playboy Press, 1965.

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Nkrumah, Kwame. "Motion of Destiny." Revolutionary Path. Panaf, 1973. Originally an address called "Motion of Destiny." Gold Coast National Assembly. 10 July 1953, Accra, Ghana.

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Presley, Elvis. Heartbreak Hotel. Written with Tommy Durden and Elvis Presley. RCA Records, 1956.