“Sex is just politics with the clothes off.” — Malcolm Bradbury, Rates of Exchange
Tag: Politics
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“As in political so in literary action a man wins friends for himself mostly by the passion of his prejudices and by the consistent narrowness of his outlook.” — Joseph Conrad, A Personal Record
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“The opinion that art should have nothing to do with politics is itself a political attitude.” — George Orwell, Why I Write
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“The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’” — Isaac Asimov, “A Cult of Ignorance,” Newsweek (1980-01-21)
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“You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.” — Charles Bukowski, “Too Sensitive”, Tales of Ordinary Madness
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“Politics is a very nasty business, win or lose, and you never really know whose side you’re on, especially when you win.” — Hunter S. Thompson, Better Than Sex
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“Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.” — Henry Adams
“Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.” — Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams
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“In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly.” — Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Specimens of the Table Talk of S.T.Coleridge
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“It’s nice to elect the right people, but that’s not the way you solve things. The way you solve things is by making it politically profitable for the wrong people to do the right things.” — Milton Friedman, Milton Friedman Speaks
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“Morality has nothing in common with politics.” — Bob Dylan, Chronicles: Volume One