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“Saying we should keep the two-party system
simply because it is working is like saying
the Titanic voyage was a success because
a few people survived on life rafts.”
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simply because it is working is like saying
the Titanic voyage was a success because
a few people survived on life rafts.”
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“Hairspray is the only really devious movie I ever made. The musical based on it is now being performed in practically every high school in America—and nobody seems to notice it’s a show with two men singing a love song to each other that also encourages white teen girls to date black guys. Pink Flamingos was preaching to the converted. But Hairspray is a Trojan horse: it snuck into Middle America and never got caught. You can do the same thing.”
― Make Trouble
― Make Trouble
“That’s what I do: I make coffee and occasionally succumb to suicidal nihilism. But you shouldn’t worry — poetry is still first. Cigarettes and alcohol follow”
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“You get a little moody sometimes but I think that's because you like to read. People that like to read are always a little fucked up.”
― The Prince of Tides
― The Prince of Tides
“I have read so many books. And yet, like most Autodidacts, I am never quite sure of what I have gained from them. There are days when I feel I have been able to grasp all there is to know in one single gaze, as if invisible branches suddenly spring out of no where, weaving together all the disparate strands of my reading. And then suddenly the meaning escapes, the essence evaporates and no matter how often I reread the same lines they seem to flee ever further with each subsequent reading and I see myself as some mad old fool who thinks her stomach is full because she's been reading the menu.”
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Golden Age of Hollywood Book Club
— 417 members
— last activity 3 hours, 55 min ago
This reading group is for lovers of classic Hollywood. We discuss the films, crews, actors, designers, and books that cover the Golden Age of Tinsel ...more
Silver Screen Book Club
— 417 members
— last activity Dec 22, 2025 11:21AM
For anyone interested in black and white movies, actors from the dawn of film through the 1960s, or the culture of the era, this is the book club for ...more
Pulp Fiction
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— last activity 22 hours, 3 min ago
Hard Boiled detective novels, noir, and great crime novels (old and new)
Musicians And Music Lovers
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— last activity Feb 23, 2026 11:21AM
This is where we will post our videos, and our songs.
Infinite Jest – David Foster Wallace
— 182 members
— last activity Dec 22, 2019 08:18PM
This group read of DFW's Infinite Jest starts January 01, 2013 and finishes April 30, 2013. Please see this thread for the current reading schedule. ...more
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