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John Dos Passos Quotes

John Dos Passos quotes

American Novelist January 14, 1896 – September 28, 1970

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If any man has a ghostBourne has a ghosta tiny twisted unscared ghost in a black cloak hopping along the grimy old brick and brownstone streets still left in downtown New York,crying out in a shrill soundless giggle:War is the health of the State. John Dos Passos
John Dos Passos quote: "Women is fine once you got em pinned down, boss, but when they..."
Women is fine once you got em pinned down, boss, but when they ain't pinned down they're hell. John Dos Passos
The only way to find out anything about what kinds of lives people led in any given period is to tunnel into their records and to let them speak for themselves. John Dos Passos
John Dos Passos quote: "It's almost worth having been in the army for the joy your..."
It's almost worth having been in the army for the joy your freedom gives you. John Dos Passos
The creation of a world view is the work of a generation rather than of an individual, but we each of us, for better or for worse, add our brick to the edifice. John Dos Passos
A novel is a commodity that fulfills a certain need; people need to buy daydreams like they need to buy ice cream or aspirin or gin. They even need to buy a pinch of intellectual catnip now and then to liven up their thoughts... John Dos Passos
But you’re out of another world old kid … You ought to live on top of the Woolworth Building in an apartment made of cutglass and cherry blossoms. John Dos Passos
In a moment when criticism shows a singular dearth of direction every man has to be a law unto himself in matters of theatre, writing, and painting. While the American Mercury and the new Ford continue to spread a thin varnish of Ritz over the whole United States there is a certain virtue in being unfashionable. John Dos Passos
John Dos Passos quote: "If there is a special Hell for writers it would be in the..."
If there is a special Hell for writers it would be in the forced contemplation of their own works. John Dos Passos
John Dos Passos quote: "If there is a special Hades for writers is would be in the..."
If there is a special Hades for writers is would be in the forced contemplation of their own works. John Dos Passos
A satirist is a man whose flesh creeps so at the ugly and the savage and the incongruous aspects of society that he has to express them as brutally and nakedly as possible in order to get relief. John Dos Passos
John Dos Passos quote: "People don't choose their careers; they are engulfed by them."
People don't choose their careers; they are engulfed by them. John Dos Passos
John Dos Passos quote: "U.S.A. is the speech of the people."
U.S.A. is the speech of the people. John Dos Passos
John Dos Passos quote: "I never see the dawn that I don't say to myself perhaps."
I never see the dawn that I don't say to myself perhaps. John Dos Passos
John Dos Passos quote: "What is the use being a big man if you are wrong?"
What is the use being a big man if you are wrong? John Dos Passos

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