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More than illness or death, the American journalist fears standing alone against the whim of his owners or the prejudices of his audience. Deprive William…

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Unlike any other business in the United States, sports must preserve an illusion of perfect innocence. The mounting of this illusion defines…
Money is like fire, an element as little troubled by moralizing as earth, air and water. Men can employ it as a…
We might make a public moan in the newspapers about the decay of conscience, but in private conversation, no matter what crimes…
The figure of the enthusiast who has just discovered jogging or a new way to fix tofu can be said to stand…
Never in the history of the world have so many people been so rich; never in the history of the world have…
Nobody suffers the pain of birth or the anguish of loving a child in order for presidents to make wars, for governments…
I never can pass by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York without thinking of it not as a gallery of…
The supply of government exceeds demand.
A society that presumes a norm of violence and celebrates aggression, whether in the subway, on the football field, or in the…
The more prosperous and settled a nation, the more readily it tends to think of war as a regrettable accident; to nations…
The genius of capitalism consists precisely in its lack of morality. Unless he is rich enough to hire his own choir, a…
Whether lawyer, politician or executive, the American who knows what's good for his career seeks an institutional rather than an individual identity.…

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More than illness or death, the American journalist fears standing alone against the whim of his owners or the prejudices of his… — Lewis H. Lapham
Exotic names, robes, insignia of office, titles - the trappings of religion - confuse as much as they help. They endorse the… — Stephen Batchelor
A mystique of history and heritage surrounds the New York Yankees. It's like the old days revived. We're loved and hated, but… — Unknown Author
Clothes therefore, must be the insignia of the superiority of man over all other animals, for surely there could be no other… — Edgar Rice Burroughs
If one is of the masculine gender, a poodle is the insignia of one's deviation. — Mart Crowley
As for wrinkles--Pshaw! Why shouldn't we have wrinkles? Honorable insignia of long service in this warfare. — C.S. Lewis
The insignia meant a lot to the men who were fighting ... I had to do it ... I owed it to… — Walt Disney
An adventure may be worn as a muddy spot or it may be worn as a proud insignia. It is the woman… — Norma Shearer
A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation's flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself; and whatever may be… — Henry Ward Beecher
Remember Jesus of Nazareth, staggering on broken feet out of the tomb toward the Resurrection, bearing on his body the proud insignia… — Frederick Buechner
Perhaps future space probes will be plastered in commercial logos, just as Formula One cars are now. Perhaps Robot Wars in space… — Martin Rees
They were of many types of seals, all bearing the insignia of the King. — Howard Carter

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