Absurdity Quote by John Cusack

“If you're going to get into social criticism with absurdity and satire, you can't be politically correct when you do that.”

John Cusack

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The elderly have so much to offer. They're our link with history.

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My point was that it's hard to make good films, but I'm not under any illusion that you do all the time.

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I read Noam Chomsky. I like some of Gore Vidal's stuff.

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There's also some element of coming of age during the Reagan administration, which everybody has painted as some glorious time in America, but I…

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But no, I don't really like romantic comedies, so I don't really care. I never go see 'em.

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I was a teen star. That's disgusting enough.

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