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“Going to a sensational murder trial is the only way I can relax.”

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“pride myself on the fact that my work has no socially redeeming value.”

“Parents should worry if their children haven't been arrested by the time they turn sixteen. Being a juvenile delinquent is a birthright and as much a part of healthy adolescence as smoking cigarettes or getting pimples.”

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— Henri Barbusse

Literature1910–1939

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— C. Wright Mills

Politics1916–1962

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