Hollywood grew to be the most flourishing factory of popular mythology since the Greeks.
America is a country in which I see the most persistant idealism and the blandest of cynicism and the race is on between its vitality and its decaden… - Alistair Cooke
America is a country in which I see the most persistant idealism and the blandest of cynicism and the race is on between its vitality and its decaden…
- Alistair Cooke
People, when they first come to America, whether as travelers or settlers, become aware of a new and agreeable feeling: that the whole country is the… - Alistair Cooke
People, when they first come to America, whether as travelers or settlers, become aware of a new and agreeable feeling: that the whole country is the…
To watch an American on a beach, or crowding into a subway, or buying a theatre ticket, or sitting at home with his radio on, tells you something abo… - Alistair Cooke
To watch an American on a beach, or crowding into a subway, or buying a theatre ticket, or sitting at home with his radio on, tells you something abo…
If computers take over, it will serve us right. - Alistair Cooke
If computers take over, it will serve us right.
The day of judgment is either approaching or it is not. If it is not, there is no cause for adjournment. If it is, I choose to be found doing my du… - Alistair Cooke
The day of judgment is either approaching or it is not. If it is not, there is no cause for adjournment. If it is, I choose to be found doing my du…
The Scots say that Nature itself dictated that golf should be played by the seashore. Rather, the Scots saw in the eroded sea coasts a cheap battlegr… - Alistair Cooke
The Scots say that Nature itself dictated that golf should be played by the seashore. Rather, the Scots saw in the eroded sea coasts a cheap battlegr…
Although the Jeffersonian Law ("All men are created equal") is the first article of the American faith, the facts of American life have demonstrated … - Alistair Cooke
Although the Jeffersonian Law ("All men are created equal") is the first article of the American faith, the facts of American life have demonstrated …
It used to be said that you had to know what was happening in America because it gave us a glimpse of our future. Today, the rest of America, and aft… - Alistair Cooke
It used to be said that you had to know what was happening in America because it gave us a glimpse of our future. Today, the rest of America, and aft…
As always, the British especially shudder at the latest American vulgarity, and then they embrace it with enthusiasm two years later - Alistair Cooke
As always, the British especially shudder at the latest American vulgarity, and then they embrace it with enthusiasm two years later
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