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> [For members of a traditional society where many traditions have been discredited, an interest in modernity can result in a restless sophistication. Mehmet Ertegun seems not to have been a restless man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-s-trow/for-members-of-a-traditional-society-where-many-traditions-have-been/)

[George W. S. Trow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-s-trow/)

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## More by George W. S. Trow

> [For members of a traditional society where many traditions have been discredited, an interest in modernity can result in a restless sophistication. Mehmet Ertegun…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-s-trow/for-members-of-a-traditional-society-where-many-traditions-have-been/)

[George W. S. Trow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-s-trow/)

> [The most powerful men were those who most effectively used the power of adult competence to enforce childish agreements.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-s-trow/the-most-powerful-men-were-those-who-most-effectively-used-the-power/)

[George W. S. Trow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-s-trow/)

> [I have made sense of my life by developing an ability to analyze Mainstream American Cultural Artifacts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-s-trow/i-have-made-sense-of-my-life-by-developing-an-ability-to-analyze/)

[George W. S. Trow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-s-trow/)

> [Wonder was the grace of the country. Any action could be justified by that: the wonder it was rooted in. Period followed period, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-s-trow/wonder-was-the-grace-of-the-country-any-action-could-be-justified-by/)

[George W. S. Trow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-s-trow/)

> [The Turkish Embassy in Washington is an ornate, eclectic building on the corner of Twenty-third Street and Massachusetts Avenue which was built originally for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-s-trow/the-turkish-embassy-in-washington-is-an-ornate-eclectic-building-on/)

[George W. S. Trow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-s-trow/)

> [It is in many circumstances a troubling thing to belong to the advanced class of a backward nation. One surrenders coherence and begins a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-s-trow/it-is-in-many-circumstances-a-troubling-thing-to-belong-to-the/)

[George W. S. Trow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-s-trow/)

> [To a person growing up in the power of demography, it was clear that history had to do not with the powerful actions of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-s-trow/to-a-person-growing-up-in-the-power-of-demography-it-was-clear-that/)

[George W. S. Trow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-s-trow/)

> [Literary men now routinely tell their readers about their divorces. One literary man who reviews books wrote, in reviewing a study of Ruskin, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-s-trow/literary-men-now-routinely-tell-their-readers-about-their-divorces/)

[George W. S. Trow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-s-trow/)

> [Irony has seeped into the felt of any fedora hat I have ever owned - not out of any wish of mine, but out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-s-trow/irony-has-seeped-into-the-felt-of-any-fedora-hat-i-have-ever-owned/)

[George W. S. Trow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-s-trow/)

> [Mehmet Ertegun died in 1944. President Roosevelt sent his body back to Turkey on the U.S.S. Missouri. Mehmet Ertegun and President Roosevelt had had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-s-trow/mehmet-ertegun-died-in-1944-president-roosevelt-sent-his-body-back-to/)

[George W. S. Trow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-s-trow/)

> [Children are the beneficiaries - and also the victims - of the theater of various moments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-s-trow/children-are-the-beneficiaries-and-also-the-victims-of-the-theater-of/)

[George W. S. Trow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-s-trow/)

> [The work of television is to establish false contexts and to chronicle the unraveling of existing contexts; finally, to establish the context of no-context…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-s-trow/the-work-of-television-is-to-establish-false-contexts-and-to/)

[George W. S. Trow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-s-trow/)

> [The idea of choice is easily debased if one forgets that the aim is to have chosen successfully, not to be endlessly choosing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-s-trow/the-idea-of-choice-is-easily-debased-if-one-forgets-that-the-aim-is/)

[George W. S. Trow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-s-trow/)

> [There was a time when photographers were thought to be socially secondary, and, hence, not dangerous. Lincoln was more important than Brady. It didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-s-trow/there-was-a-time-when-photographers-were-thought-to-be-socially/)

[George W. S. Trow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-s-trow/)

> [It is the idea of 'People' to treat its material as if it were history and, what is more, as if it were the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-s-trow/it-is-the-idea-of-people-to-treat-its-material-as-if-it-were-history/)

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