Documentation Quote by John Mason Brown

“Nowhere are prejudices more mistaken for truth, passion for reason and invective for documentation than in politics.”

John Mason Brown

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Some television programs are so much chewing gum for the eyes.

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The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of action.

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So much of TV seems to be chewing gum for the eyes… TV desperately needs more self-reliance and pride in the medium.

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The comic book [is] the marijuana of the nursery, the bane of the bassinet, the horror of the home, the curse of the kids…

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No one is worthy of a good home here or in heaven that is not willing to be in peril for a good cause.

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Charm is a glow within a woman that casts a most becoming light on others.

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To many people, dramatic criticism must seem like an attempt to tattoo soap bubbles.

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He played the king as if afraid someone else would play the ace.

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Part of the American myth is that people who are handed the skin of a dead sheep at graduating time think that it will…

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So often we rob tomorrow's memories by today's economies.

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The purpose of writing is to hold a mirror to nature, but too much today is written from small mirrors in vanity cases.

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No man, with a man's heart in him gets far on his way without some bitter, soul-searching disappointment. Happy is he who is brave…

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“There were waves of genocide that overcame indigenous populations of Oceania and do we have a library of books or films to tell our story? No. We have tourist hula shows and commercials where the “natives” tend to tourists like indentured servants with plastic, lifeless smiles. It’s not such a charming picture, is it? The truth is ugly, but so…

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I don't need a receipt for a doughnut. I'll just give you the money, and you give me the doughnut. End of transaction! We don't need to bring ink and paper into this! I can't imagine a scenario where I'd have to prove that I bought a doughnut. Some skeptical friend...'Don't even act like I didn't buy that doughnut! I've…

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