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Wolfe, Tom
1931–
1931–
1
The bonfire of the vanities.
A liberal is a conservative who has been arrested.
Electric Kool-Aid Acid test.
Radical Chic…is only radical in Style; in its heart it is part of Society and its tradition—Politics, like Rock, Pop, and Camp, has its uses.
The bonfire of the vanities.
title of novel (1987); deriving from Savonarola's "burning of the vanities" in Florence, 1497
A liberal is a conservative who has been arrested.
The Bonfire of the Vanities
(1987) ch. 24
Electric Kool-Aid Acid test.
title of novel on hippy culture (1968)
Radical Chic…is only radical in Style; in its heart it is part of Society and its tradition—Politics, like Rock, Pop, and Camp, has its uses.
in
New York
8 June 1970
Wollstonecraft, Mary
1759–97
1759–97
1
To give a sex to mind was not very consistent with the principles of a man [Rousseau] who argued so warmly, and so well, for the immortality of the soul.
often quoted as, "Mind has no sex"
I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.
A slavish bondage to parents cramps every faculty of the mind.
To give a sex to mind was not very consistent with the principles of a man [Rousseau] who argued so warmly, and so well, for the immortality of the soul.
often quoted as, "Mind has no sex"
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
(1792) ch. 3
I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
(1792) ch. 4
A slavish bondage to parents cramps every faculty of the mind.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
(1792) ch. 11
Wolsey, Thomas
c.
1475–1530
c.
1475–1530
1
Father Abbot, I am come to lay my bones amongst you.
Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the King, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Father Abbot, I am come to lay my bones amongst you.
George Cavendish
Negotiations of Thomas Wolsey
(1641)
Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the King, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
George Cavendish
Negotiations of Thomas Wolsey
(1641).
Wolstenholme, Kenneth
1920–2002
1920–2002
1
They think it's all over—it is now.
They think it's all over—it is now.
television commentary in closing moments of the World Cup Final, 30 July 1966
Wood, Mrs Henry
1814–87
1814–87
1
Dead! and…never called me mother.
Dead! and…never called me mother.
East Lynne
(dramatized by T. A. Palmer, 1874, the words do not occur in the novel of 1861)
Woodcock, George
1912–95
1912–95
1
Canadians do not like heroes, and so they do not have them.
Canadians do not like heroes, and so they do not have them.
Canada and the Canadians
(1970)
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