Damn the great executives, the men of measured merriment, damn the men with careful smiles, damn the men … - Sinclair Lewis

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I've learned. . . That one should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat them.

Sinclair Lewis

Damn the great executives, the men of measured merriment, damn the men with careful smiles, damn the men that run the shops, oh, damn their measured merriment.

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It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write.

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