Coarseness occurs in a land where platitude inflames this sense of entitlement to more of almost everything, but less of manners and taste, with their irritating intimations of authority and hierarchy.

George F. Will
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  2. Sex education in the modern manner has been well-described as plumbing for hedonists.

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  4. There may be arrogance — and the laziness of someone who is indefatigable when doing what he enjoys, but only when doing that.

  5. People who have nothing much in mind for next week speak instead about the next century or millennium.

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