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A liberal is a conservative who has been arrested.

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The Bonfire of the Vanities

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Wolfe, Tom. The Bonfire of the Vanities. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1987.

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Radical Chic, after all, is only radical in style; in its heart it is part of Society and its traditions.

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Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers

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Wolfe, Tom. "Radical Chic." Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970. Originally an essay called "These Radical Chic Evenings." New York Magazine, June 1970.

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A cult is a religion with no political power.

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Wolfe, Tom. "Entr'actes and Canapes." In Our Time. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1980.

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Sherman made the terrible discovery that men make about their fathers sooner or later... That the man before him was not an aging father but a boy, a boy much like himself, a boy who grew up and had a child of his own and, as best he could, out of a sense of duty and, perhaps love, adopted a role called Being a Father so that his child would have something mythical and infinitely important: a Protector, who would keep a lid on all the chaotic and catastrophic possibilities of life.

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He could see the island of Manhattan off to the left. The towers were jammed together so tightly, he could feel the mass and stupendous weight. Just think of the millions, from all over the globe, who yearned to be on that island, in those towers, in those narrow streets! There it was, the Rome, the Paris, the London of the twentieth century, the city of ambition, the dense magnetic rock, the irresistible destination of all those who insist on being where things are happening-and he was among the victors!

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The Bonfire of the Vanities

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