"One of the most persistent cultural tics of……" — Frank Rich
"One of the most persistent cultural tics of the early 21st century is Americans' reluctance to absorb, let alone prepare for, bad news."
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22 Quotes by Frank Rich
Frank Rich has 22 quotes on this site.
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There have been at least three other cases in which federal agencies have succeeded in placing fake news reports on…
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What are Americans still buying? Big Macs,Campbell's soup,Hershey's chocolate and Spam--the four food groups of the apocalypse.
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The most wonderful street in the universe is Broadway. It is a world within itself. High and low, rich and…
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After 9/11, we realized that all these silly culture wars, and arguing about rock lyrics... who cares? You know, we,…
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I grew up in Washington, D.C. But also loving the theater.
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I'm always struck by the kids who turn up in New York and LA, and places in between. Chicago. Wanting…
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It is kind of tedious after a while, to parse politicians doing the same thing over and over again. The…
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When something really comes from the soul, I think it has a truth that you cannot find in politics.
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There’s nothing entertaining about watching goons hurl venomous slurs at congressmen like the civil rights hero John Lewis and the…
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While F.D.R. once told Americans that we have nothing to fear but fear itself, Mr. Ashcroft is delighted to play…
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Hollywood no longer depicts reporters in ruthless pursuit of criminals, high and low. Now they are the criminals.
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Anything But An Apologist for the Lefties and All of Their Causes.
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More Absorb Quotes
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one of 407 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.
— Aristotle
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American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it.
— Henry Adams
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It is a scientific fact that your body will not absorb cholesterol if you take it from another person's plate.
— Dave Barry
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To love someone is to isolate him from the world, wipe out every trace of him, dispossess him of his…
— Jean Baudrillard
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All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of…
— Theodor Adorno
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You need to become a good listener. As you're working, you hear someone else's lines and how you absorb them…
— Jacqueline Bisset
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A good culture in a hospital can absorb and manage a few bad nurses, but once the culture becomes bad…
— Jo Brand
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I've been so blessed to have my career gradually get bigger and bigger, so I've been able to absorb stuff…
— Luke Bryan
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I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so…
— Pearl S. Buck
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We should so provide for old age that it may have no urgent wants of this world to absorb it…
— Pearl S. Buck
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That's the best thing about writing, when you're in that zone, you're porous, ready to absorb the solution.
— Michael Chabon
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It was stumbling on to really the bible of the blues, you know, and a very powerful drug to be…
— Eric Clapton
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