Quotes about 1960

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I floor the gas pedal. The Sonoramic Commando V-8 growls like an angry tiger and leapfrogs us ahead of the traffic. — Daven Anderson, Vampire Syndrome
...TV was entertainment of the last resort. There was nothing on during the day in the summer other than game shows and — Pete Hautman, Libraries of Minnesota
We tried to change Vietnam. Instead, Vietnam changed us. — Tony Thomson, Eat Your Heart Out, Ho Chi Minh: Or Things You Won't Learn at Yale
One thing I always admired about Daddy was the way he could bounce back from adversity. From the very beginning of his l — L.K. Campbell, The Life & Times of a Boomer Baby
FAITES L'AMOUR ET RECOMMENCEZ (make love and make it again) — Anouk Markovits, I am Forbidden
People believe what they want to believe. Even if it isn’t true. — Julian Houston, New Boy
I understand, Bill. Because I tell myself a lot of stories to help me sleep at night. Stories about how Babe was my dear — Melanie Benjamin, The Swans of Fifth Avenue
I hate being so nostalgic about the Sixties. — David Bailey
On first impressions, John seemed more cynical and brash than the others, Ringo the most endearing, Paul was cute, and G — Pattie Boyd, Wonderful Tonight
I was lucky to live in New York when it was dangerous and edgy and cheap enough to play host to young, penniless artists — Edmund White, City Boy: My Life in New York in the 1960s and 70s
Except for the field organizers of strikes, who were pretty tough monkeys and devoted, most of the so-called Communists — John Steinbeck, America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction
The Chinese food arrives. Delicious saliva fills his mouth. He really hasn't had any since Texas. He loves this food tha — John Updike, Rabbit, Run
We'll fight back, we'll fight back, we'll fight back," a man near Doctor Stockstill was chanting. Stockstill looked at h — Philip K. Dick, Dr. Bloodmoney
For historical currents do not irresistibly propel themselves and everyone in their path. No matter what their broader s — Doug McAdam, Freedom Summer
There were elements of Mad Men at Newsweek, except that unlike the natty advertising types, journalists were notorious s — Lynn Povich
You’re drunk. They’d arrest you on the spot.” “What? There’s no law against driving a car when you’re drunk.” He swayed — Ian McClellan, One Undead Step
45,000 sections of reinforced concrete—three tons each.Nearly 300 watchtowers.Over 250 dog runs.Twenty bunkers.Sixty fiv — Joanna Campbell, Tying Down the Lion