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The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth.

James Thurber

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Die Nation, die selbstbewusst und ängstlich erlaubt, dass Künstler und Schriftsteller eher verdächtigt als respektiert werden, wird nicht länger als eine mit Humor oder Tiefe besessene Nation betrachtet.

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