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It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.

Upton Sinclair

Man is an evasive beast, given to cultivating strange notions about himself.
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Himself Man Strange
We define journalism in America as the business and practice of presenting the news of the day in the interest of economic privilege.
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Business Country Media Practice Privilege
Human beings suffer agonies, and their sad fates become legends; poets write verses about them and playwrights compose dramas, and the remembrance of past grief becomes a source of present pleasure – such is the strange alchemy of the spirit.
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Drama Fate Grief Human Magic Past Poet Remember Sad Spirit Strange Suffering Tragedy Word Writing
One of the necessary accompaniments of capitalism in a democracy is political corruption.
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Accomplishment Corruption Democracy Necessary Oneself Politics
The proletarian writer is a writer with a purpose; he thinks no more of art for art’s sake than a man on a sinking ship thinks of painting a beautiful picture in the cabin; he thinks of getting ashore – and then there will be time enough for art.
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Art Enough Himself Purpose Thinking Time Writing
All truly great art is optimistic. The individual artist is happy in his creative work. The fact that practically all great art is tragic does not in any way change the above thesis.
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Art Change Creativity Happiness Optimistic Practice Tragedy True Work
American journalism is a class institution, serving the rich and spurning the poor.
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Institution Media Poor Rich
The old wanderlust had gotten into his blood, the joy of the unbound life, the joy of seeking, of hoping without limit.
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Hope Joy Life Limitation Old Seek
In the twilight, it was a vision of power.
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Power Vision
All art is propaganda. It is universally and inescabably propaganda; sometimes unconsciously, but often deliberately, propaganda.
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Art Escape World
I just put on what the lady says. I’ve been married three times, so I’ve had lots of supervision.
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Experience Marriage Myself Time
Over the vast plain I wander, observing a thousand strange and incredible and terrifying manifestations of the Bootstrap-lifting impulse.
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Myself Observe Wonder
Fascism is capitalism plus murder.
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Death Injustice Nation Politics
I don’t know whether anyone will care to examine my heart, but if they do, they will find two words there- ‘social justice.’ For that is what I have believed in and fought for.
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Believe Care Fight Heart Justice Myself Word
It is foolish to be convinced without evidence, but it is equally foolish to refuse to be convinced by real evidence.
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Evidence Fools Reality
The private control of credit is the modern form of slavery.
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Control Money Slave

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