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“An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger. ”
“If one cannot learn from the mistakes of others, one might as well become a Democrat.”
“I love pop culture -- the Rolling Stones, the Doors, David Lynch, things like that. That's why I said I don't like elitism.”
“A "racist" thinks themselves better than other races. An "elitist" thinks they are better than everyone.”
“After years of working with missionaries, I am tempted to conclude that their endeavors merely prolong a dying race's agonies for ten or twenty years. The merciful plowman shoots a trusty horse gro...”
“No greater mistake can be made than to assume that newspapers are correct indices of public opinion.”
“They loved their country largely because they controlled it.”
“If you believe that some opinions are in fact better than others, then you, too, are an elitist of sorts.”