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Chinks in America's egalitarian armor are not hard to find. Democracy is the fig leaf of elitism.

Florence King

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Florence King
Age: 80 †
Born: 1936
Born: January 5
Died: 2016
Died: January 6
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Washington
District of Columbia
Florence Virginia King
Women
Egalitarian
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Elitism
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Armor
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Democracy
Chinks
America
Egalitarianism

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We worship education but hate learning. We worship success but hate the successful. We worship fame but hate the famous.
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The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life. Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism destroys wit, so women must choose between taking lovers and taking no prisoners.
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