Richard Beck Quotes
Every American Is Thus Ingrained With The Duty To Look Well, To Seem Fine, To Exclude From The Fabric Of His Or Her Normal Life Any Evidence Of Decay And Death And Helplessness. The Ethic I Have Outlined Here Is Often Called The Ethic Of Success. I Prefer To Call It The Ethic Of Avoidance. . . . Persons Are Considered A Success Not Because They Attain Some Remarkable Goal, But Because Their Lives Do Not Betray Marks Of Failure Or Depression, Helplessness Or Sickness. When They Are Asked How They Are, They Really Can Say And Really Do Say, "Fine . . . Fine.
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