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Apart from a few simple principles, the sound and rhythm of English prose seem to me matters where both writers and readers should trust not so much to rules as to their ears. F. L. Lucas

Most style is not honest enough. F. L. Lucas

Style Enough Most Honest

The United States has made a massive effort since the end of the Second World War to secure the dominance of its films in foreign markets - an achievement generally pushed home politically, by writing clauses into various treaties and aid packages. Fredric Jameson

War Home Achievement Writing World Made Films Aid States Markets Secure Various Clause Generally Pushed Since Massive Foreign End Dominance Effort Politically Packages United United States Second Treaties World War Second World War

Often, these downplay the power of cultural imperialism - in that sense, playing the game of US interests - by reassuring us that the global success of American mass culture is not as bad as all that. Fredric Jameson

Success Game Culture Power Sense Bad Imperialism Mass Global Cultural American Often Us Interests Reassuring Downplay Playing

In most of the European countries - France stands out in its resistance to this particular form of American cultural imperialism - the national film industries were forced onto the defensive after the war by such binding agreements. Fredric Jameson

War National Defensive France Out Imperialism Onto Countries Particular Most Industries Forced Were Cultural American Form After European European Countries Stands Agreements Binding Film Resistance

If it is, in reality, capitalism that is the motor force behind the destructive forms of globalization, then it must be in their capacity to neutralize or transform this particular mode of exploitation that one can best test these various forms of resistance to the West. Fredric Jameson

The more worrying feature of the new global corporate structures is their capacity to devastate national labour markets by transferring their operations to cheaper locations overseas. Fredric Jameson

National Corporate Worrying Markets Locations More Structures Feature Cheaper New Global Operations Overseas Labour Transferring Capacity

In fact, Cannonball Run II. I used to pick that as the worst movie ever made. Gene Siskel

Made Worst Run Fact Pick In Fact Movie Used Ever

John Goodman is more that just a big guy, he's a wonderful actor. Gene Siskel

Wonderful Big John Guy More He Goodman Big Guy Just Actor

The only actor who I think probably might have possibly taken a swing at me if he could have would be Burt Reynolds. He used to call Roger and me the Bruise Brothers, out of Chicago. Gene Siskel

They know they got the TV ad, they know they got the name recognition, they know that they can do a tie in with McDonald's or some fast food outlet and the money is just gonna flow in. Gene Siskel

Food Money Recognition TV Some Outlet Name Know Tie Got Just McDonald Gonna Fast Fast Food Ad Flow

Going to a movie is a two-hour experience; at $7.50 for a ticket, you are valuing your time at far less than the minimum wage. If you don't understand the film, don't leave. If you understand it all too well and hate it, get out of your seat and walk up the aisle. You will feel empowered. Gene Siskel

Time You Experience Hate Walk Will Too Aisle Valuing Out Minimum Minimum Wage Feel Ticket Well Empowered Understand Wage Leave Up Than Get Going Movie Far Far Less Your Less Film Seat

He who does not understand a joke, he does not understand Danish. Georg Brandes

Joke Danish He Understand Does Who

It was jolly in the country. A cow and little pigs to play with and milk warm from the cow. Georg Brandes

Country Jolly Pigs Cow Little Warm Milk Play

My father, though, could run very much faster. It was impossible to compete with him on the grass. But it was astonishing how slow old people were. Some of them could not run up a hill and called it trying to climb stairs. Georg Brandes

People Impossible Old Father Slow Grass Faster Astonishing Though Run Some Could Hill Him How Climb Were Up Very Trying Stairs Them Much Old People Compete

Birth was something that came quite unexpectedly, and afterwards there was one child more in the house. Georg Brandes

Birth Something More House Came Child Unexpectedly Quite Afterwards

I came into the world two months too soon, I was in such a hurry. Georg Brandes

World Too Months Hurry Soon Came Two

I was always hearing that I was pale and thin and small. Georg Brandes

Small Always Hearing Pale Thin

My first experiences of academic friendship made me smile in after years when I looked back on them. But my circle of acquaintances had gradually grown so large that it was only natural new friendships should grow out of it. Georg Brandes

Friendship Smile Me Natural Circle Made First Back Out Only Had New Academic Looked Years Friendships Gradually Experiences After Acquaintances Them Should Large Grow Grown

Six hours a day I lived under school discipline in active intercourse with people none of whom were known to those at home, and the other hours of the twenty-four I spent at home, or with relatives of the people at home, none of whom were known to anybody at school. Georg Brandes

The stream of time sweeps away errors, and leaves the truth for the inheritance of humanity. Georg Brandes

Truth Time Humanity Stream Leaves Errors Inheritance Away

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