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"We...advance toward a state of society in which not only each man but every impulse in each man claims carte blanche."
"People are very busy; they are so busy that when they walk in the crowds they see no one, no one but themselves; they hear no voice, no voice but their own voice!"
"In a materialistic society, the dead body of a rich man's dog is regarded as a corpse; that of a poor man, a carcass."
"The action or inaction of any government does not negate the Personal Responsibility of the citizens."
"Keep your finger on the pulse of society, take controversies with a grain of salt, lick your finger and then lift it to the wind; always know what is going on, my friend, so this world can never steer you wrong again."
"The journey of every ignorant and obedient society always ends up in the same place: In the desert!"
Explore more quotes by Nicholson Baker
"Haven't you felt a peculiar sort of worry about the chair in your living room that no one sits in?"
"That was the problem with reading: you always had to pick up again at the very thing that had made you stop reading the day before."
"For me, as a beginning novelist, all other living writers form a control group for whom the world is a placebo."
"Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you've watched him apply the proverb to his own life, it has no power to sway you."
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