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Ragtime Quotes

Ragtime was a fanfare for the 20th century.

Ragtime was a fanfare for the 20th century.

Russell Lynes
Ragtime, Century, 20th Century

Ragtime was my lullaby.

Hoagy Carmichael
Ragtime, Lullaby

One day the 'Maple Leaf' will make me King of Ragtime Composers.

Scott Joplin
Kings, One Day, Ragtime

I am often asked the question How can the masses permit themselves to be exploited by the few. The answer is By being persuaded to identify with them.

E. L. Doctorow
Answers, Permit, Ragtime
E.L. Doctorow (2010). “Ragtime: A Novel”, p.66, Random House

The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like.

E. L. Doctorow
Novelists, Ragtime, Historian
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It was evident to him that the world composed and recomposed itself constantly in an endless process of dissatisfaction.

E. L. Doctorow
World, Process, Ragtime
E.L. Doctorow (2010). “Ragtime: A Novel”, p.91, Random House

It proposed that human beings, by the act of making witness, warranted times and places for their existence other than the time and place they were living through.

E. L. Doctorow
Ragtime, Existence, Witness
E.L. Doctorow (2013). “Ragtime, The March, and Homer & Langley: Three Bestselling Novels”, p.74, Random House

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