Friday, 28 June 2013

findingthemojo no 288

Hello again - as we welcome the mega Obama-circus to CT this weekend, thought some pithy quotes by two (famously critical) American writers would be in order

Edith Newbold Jones Wharton.jpg
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  •  "How much longer are we going to think it necessary to be 'American' before being cultivated, enlightened, being human, and having the same intellectual discipline as other civilised countries?" - Edith Wharton, quoted in The Daily Mail

Here, Gore Vidal is shown in a Jan. 16, 1986, file photo. | AP Photo
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  • "The United States was founded by the brightest people in the country - and we haven't seen them since" - Gore Vidal, quoted in The Guardian

cheers and enjoy your weekend break
jp

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