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Quotes by John Dos Passos

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U.S.A. is the speech of the people.
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U.S.A. is the speech of the people.
A man's got to work for more than himself and his kids to feel right.
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A man's got to work for more than himself and his kids to feel right.
It's almost worth having been in the army for the joy your freedom gives you.
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It's almost worth having been in the army for the joy your freedom gives you.
It’s rather grisly, isnt it, how soon a living man becomes nothing more than a collection of stocks and bonds and debts and real estate?
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It’s rather grisly, isnt it, how soon a living man becomes nothing more than a collection of stocks and bonds and debts and real estate?
But what’s the good of freedom? What can you do with it? What one wants is to live well and have a beautiful house and be respected by people.
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But what’s the good of freedom? What can you do with it? What one wants is to live well and have a beautiful house and be respected by people.
It’s almost worth having been in the army for the joy your freedom gives you.
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It’s almost worth having been in the army for the joy your freedom gives you.
While there is a lower class I am of it, while there is a criminal class I am of it, while there is a soul in prison I am not free.
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While there is a lower class I am of it, while there is a criminal class I am of it, while there is a soul in prison I am not free.
A man’s got to work for more than himself and his kids to feel right.
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A man’s got to work for more than himself and his kids to feel right.
Print so easily spins a web of the commonplace over the fine outlines of life.
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Print so easily spins a web of the commonplace over the fine outlines of life.
What’s the use, there never was a woman living who could understand political ideas.
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What’s the use, there never was a woman living who could understand political ideas.
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