Popular Culture
The photograph at the top of the page of Vasey farewelling Alan was used at the conclusion of episodes of the 1980s TV series The Sullivans and came to symbolise loss to a generation of Australians. The photograph is held by the Australian War Memorial, and a copy is on display there.
Vasey's story was chosen by the National Museum of Australia as one of fifty "stories from the emotional heart of Australia". Her photo-portrait forms part of the display.
Read more about this topic: Jessie Vasey
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“Fifty million Frenchmen can’t be wrong.”
—Anonymous. Popular saying.
Dating from World War I—when it was used by U.S. soldiers—or before, the saying was associated with nightclub hostess Texas Quinan in the 1920s. It was the title of a song recorded by Sophie Tucker in 1927, and of a Cole Porter musical in 1929.
“The problem of culture is seldom grasped correctly. The goal of a culture is not the greatest possible happiness of a people, nor is it the unhindered development of all their talents; instead, culture shows itself in the correct proportion of these developments. Its aim points beyond earthly happiness: the production of great works is the aim of culture.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)