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If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend. ↗

— Doug Larson

#cars #day #end #labor #labor day

Hitler was such an anomalous character - he was so over-the-top chaotic in his approach to statesmanship, his manner and in the violence which overwhelmed the country initially. I think diplomats around the world... felt like something like that simply would not be tolerated by the people of Germany. ↗

— Erik Larson

#around #by the people #chaotic #character #country

I like all kinds of music, though I tend to prefer jazz and classics. ↗

— Erik Larson

#i #jazz #kinds #like #music

I pride myself on having a journalistic remove. ↗

— Erik Larson

#i #journalistic #myself #pride #remove

I was never concretely aware of the extent of anti-Semitism in the United States and in the upper levels of the State Department. ↗

— Erik Larson

#aware #department #extent #i #levels

I'm very perverse. If someone tells me I have to read a book, I'm instantly disinclined to do so. ↗

— Erik Larson

#disinclined #i #instantly #me #perverse

Reading is such a personal thing to me. I'd much rather give someone a gift certificate to a bookstore, and let that person choose his or her own books. ↗

— Erik Larson

#bookstore #certificate #choose #gift #give

We, of course, have the power of hindsight in our arsenal, but people living in Berlin in that era didn't. What would that have been like as this darkness fell over Germany? ↗

— Erik Larson

#been #berlin #course #darkness #era

Whenever I finish a book, I start with a blank slate and never have ideas lined up. ↗

— Erik Larson

#blank slate #book #finish #i #ideas

The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression. ↗

— Gary Larson

#bluebird #chicken #depression #happiness #his