I remember a time when everybody I loved hated me because I hated them. - Letter to Stuart Sutcliffe circa 1960
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How Kennedy knew the precise drop in milk consumption in 1960, the percentage rise in textile imports from 1957 to 1960 and the number of speeches cleared by the Defense Department is not quite clear, but anyway, he did. He either overwhelmed you with decimal points or disarmed you with a smile and a wisecrack.
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The 1960 debates are the turning point from retail politics -- glad handing and meeting everyone face-to-face -- to the politics of mass media.
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I think it's very good news, ... The number one question women have asked about (birth control pills) since 1960 is do they cause cancer. This study shows there is no long-term risk.
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Indeed, I came to question the validity of a society that appeared more concerned with imposing its will than in inspiring respect. There seemed to me something grossly wrong with this -- 'We'll make you be good!' I was told, and I told myself, nobody should, would or could make me anything. And I proved it.
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What is a committee? A group of the unwilling, picked from the unfit, to do the unnecessary.
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