Howard Thompson quotes
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“As the lad himself might say, cut my legs off and call me Shorty! Elvis Presley can act...Acting is his assignment in this shrewdly upholstered showcase, and he does it.”
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“This is a really good circus. It has lions, tigers, dogs, monkeys and about any other animal act you can think of. There are a lot of great acts, and it's a two part, two hour show.”
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“With no pretensions of art, Viva Las Vegas, the new Elvis Presley vehicle, is about as pleasant and unimportant as a Banana Split.”
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“The atheist worldview of life is a materialistic culture that frees humanity from superstition.”
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“Total victory is the only acceptable goal in a mind-control war because humanity is diminished so long as a single mind remains trapped in superstition [supernatural religion] by programming or choice.”
-- Howard Thompson
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“In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.”
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“Every age cuts and pastes history to suit its own purposes; art always has an ax to grind.”
Source : Ada Louise Huxtable (2010). “On Architecture: Collected Reflections on a Century of Change”, p.1, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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“God does not so much want us to do things as to let people see what He can do.”
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“You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do.”
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“History does not eliminate grievances. It lays them down like landmines.”