„"Those who fought know a secret about themselves, and it is not very nice." … They have experienced secretly and privately their natural human impulse toward sadism and brutality. As I say in this new book of mine, not merely did I learn to kill with a noose of piano wire put around somebody's neck from behind, but I learned to enjoy the prospect of killing that way. It's those things that you learn about yourself that you never forget. You learn that you have much wider dimensions than you had imagined before you had to fight a war. That's salutary. It's well to know exactly who you are so you can conduct the rest of your life properly.“

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— Paul Fussell

Humanities interview (1996)

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Paul Fussell

US-amerikanischer Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaftler 1924 - 2012

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About the film, The Social Network
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Suzie Blue.
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"Woodstock"
Songs

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