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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.

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Quote Author: Diane Ackerman

Diane Ackerman

Diane Ackerman

(1948-) A Natural History of the Senses, 1990, p. 13 - American poet, writer, social worker, author of 16 books of great variety.

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