Florence King

I'm for prayer...

I'm for prayer...

I'm for prayer in the schools because ritual and ceremony are calming and civilizing, and the little fartlings should...

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Time has lost...

Time has lost...

Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American...

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Americans worship creativity...

Americans worship creativity...

Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty -- as a way of enjoying elitism without guilt: God...

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There's no national...

There's no national...

There's no national glue holding us together because somebody put too much pluribus in the...

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Showing up at...

Showing up at...

Showing up at school already able to read is like showing up at the undertaker's already embalmed: people start...

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We worship education...

We worship education...

We worship education but hate learning.

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-- Florence King, (Jan 5...

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People are so...

People are so...

People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or have a right to be, that...

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In its purest...

In its purest...

In its purest sense, nicknaming is an elitist ritual practiced by those who cherish hierarchy. For preppies it's a...

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He travels fastest...

He travels fastest...

He travels fastest who travels alone, and that goes double for she. Real feminism is...

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Familiarity doesn't breed...

Familiarity doesn't breed...

Familiarity doesn't breed contempt, it is contempt.

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-- Florence King,...

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Families composed of...

Families composed of...

Families composed of rugged individualists have to do things obliquely.

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We wallow in...

We wallow in...

We wallow in nostalgia but manage to get it all wrong. True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed...

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Owning your own...

Owning your own...

Owning your own home is America's unique recipe for avoiding revolution and promoting pseudo-equality at the same...

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The more immoral...

The more immoral...

The more immoral we become in big ways, the more puritanical we become in little ways.

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We want a...

We want a...

We want a president who is as much like an American tourist as possible. Someone with the same goofy grin, the same...

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