"It is unjust to reproach the writers of today with bad taste, when the very notion of taste is dead."

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“An individual declares himself a member of some group or other with the goal of demanding in its name what he is ashamed to claim in his own name.”

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— Jason Biggs

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— Dick Stuart

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"Daiane, whose own goal started all the talking points today after seventy-four seconds. Seems a long, long time ago now. It was into this goal, now Brazil need her to put one in legitimately for them.…"

— Ian Darke

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