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Paul Fussell
American
Historian
About the author
Americans are the only people in the world known to me whose status anxiety prompts them to advertise their college and university affiliations in the rear window of their automobiles.
Paul Fussell,
American
Historian
#People
#World
#College
#Americans
#University
#Anxiety
#Automobiles
The more violent the body contact of the sports you watch, the lower the class.
Paul Fussell,
American
Historian
#Body
#Class
#Sports
The worst thing about war was the sitting around and wondering what you were doing morally.
Paul Fussell,
American
Historian
#War
I find nothing more depressing than optimism.
Paul Fussell,
American
Historian
#Nothing
#Optimism