1954 - The most memorable Quotes of the year

1954 - The most memorable Quotes of the year

Seventeen years ago there appeared, without any fanfare, a book called The Hobbit, which, in my opinion, is one of the best children's stories of this century.

W. H. Auden - The New York Times Book Review, 1954

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In the Sacramento of the 1950s, it was as though White simply hadn't had time enough to figure Brown out. It was a busy white time. Brown was like the skinny or fat kids left over after the team captains chose sides. You take the rest - my cue to wander away to the sidelines, to wander away.

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When I was a little girl in the 1950s, it would not have been possible for me to say, I want to be an anchorwoman when I grow up.

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For Americans of the Greatest Generation that fought World War II and of the Silent Generation that came of age in the 1950s, the great moral and ideological cause was the Cold War. It gave purpose and clarity to our politics and foreign policy, and our lives.

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I'd experienced the '40s and '50s by looking at my grandparents' old clothes, books, and magazines.

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True courage is about knowing not when to take a life, but when to spare one.

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If this is love, I don't want it. Take it away, please! Why does it hurt so much?

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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.

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I'm not a hero, or a warrior... not even a burglar.

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Go back to your books, your fireplace. Plant your trees, watch them grow. If more of us valued home above gold, it would be a merrier world.

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One day I'll remember. Remember everything that happened: the good, the bad, those who survived... and those that did not.

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