As always, the British especially shudder at the latest American vulgarity, and then they embrace it with enthusiasm two years later.

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Canned music is like audible wallpaper.

Canned music is like audible wallpaper.

Man has an incurable habit of not fulfilling the prophecies of his fellow men.

Man has an incurable habit of not fulfilling the prophecies of his fellow men.

To the goggling unbeliever Texans say - as people always say about their mangier dishes...

To the goggling unbeliever Texans say - as people always say about their mangier dishes...

These doomsday warriors look no more like soldiers than the soldiers of the Second World...

These doomsday warriors look no more like soldiers than the soldiers of the Second World...

Golf is an open exhibition of overweening ambition, courage deflated by stupidity, skill soured by...

Golf is an open exhibition of overweening ambition, courage deflated by stupidity, skill soured by...

People, when they first come to America, whether as travelers or settlers, become aware of...

People, when they first come to America, whether as travelers or settlers, become aware of...

It's an acting job - acting natural.

It's an acting job - acting natural.

Curiosity endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity...

Curiosity endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity...

The best compliment to a child or a friend is the feeling you give him...

The best compliment to a child or a friend is the feeling you give him...

Hollywood grew to be the most flourishing factory of popular mythology since the Greeks.

Hollywood grew to be the most flourishing factory of popular mythology since the Greeks.

It has been an unchallengeable American doctrine that cranberry sauce, a pink goo with overtones...

It has been an unchallengeable American doctrine that cranberry sauce, a pink goo with overtones...

People, when they first come to America, whether as travelers or settlers, become aware of...

People, when they first come to America, whether as travelers or settlers, become aware of...

These humiliations are the essence of the game.

These humiliations are the essence of the game.

Between a quarter and a third of Los Angeles's land area is now monopolized by...

Between a quarter and a third of Los Angeles's land area is now monopolized by...

Texas does not, like any other region, simply have indigenous dishes. It proclaims them. It...

Texas does not, like any other region, simply have indigenous dishes. It proclaims them. It...

A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like...

A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like...

People in America, when listening to radio, like to lean forward. People in Britain like...

People in America, when listening to radio, like to lean forward. People in Britain like...

Cocktail music is accepted as audible wallpaper.

Cocktail music is accepted as audible wallpaper.

See, I was nine years old when I saw Elvis on 'Ed Sullivan', and I...

See, I was nine years old when I saw Elvis on 'Ed Sullivan', and I...

Music is the universal language of mankind

Music is the universal language of mankind