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In contemporary American public culture, the legacy of the consumer revolution of the 1960s is unmistakable. Today, there are few things more beloved of our masses than the figure of the cultural rebel, the defiant individualist resisting the mandates of the machine civilization. Whether he is an athlete decked out in a mowhawk and multiple-pierced ears, a policeman who plays by his own rules, an actor on a motorcycle, a soldier of fortune with explosive bow and arrow, or a rock star in leather jacket and sunglasses, the rebel has become the paramount cliché of our popular entertainment, and the pre-eminent symbol of the system he is supposed to be subverting. In advertising especially, he rules supreme Thomas Frank		Friday Jul 18, 2025
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The trouble with putting armor on is that, while it protects you from pain, it also protects you from pleasure. Celeste Holm

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Celeste Holm

Celeste Holm (born April 29, 1917; some sources indicate 1919) is an American stage, film, and television actress.

She is perhaps best remembered for her Academy Award-winning role in Gentleman's Agreement (1947), as well as for her Oscar-nominated performance in All About Eve (1950).

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We live by encouragement and die without it - slowly, sadly, angrily. The trouble with putting armor on is that, while it protects you from pain, it also protects you from pleasure. We live by engouragement and die without it slowly, sadly, angrily.

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