Disdainful

Disdainful of Turin students, Calvino saw himself as enclosed in a “provincial shell” that offered the illusion of immunity from the Fascist nightmare: “We were ‘hard guys’ from the provinces, hunters, snooker-players, show-offs, proud of our lack of intellectual sophistication, contemptuous of any patriotic or military rhetoric, coarse in our speech, regulars in the brothels, dismissive of any romantic sentiment and desperately devoid of women.”

italo calvino | if on a winter’s night a traveler « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009

Disdainful of Turin students, Calvino saw himself as enclosed in a “provincial shell” that offered the illusion of immunity from the Fascist nightmare: “We were ‘hard guys’ from the provinces, hunters, snooker-players, show-offs, proud of our lack of intellectual sophistication, contemptuous of any patriotic or military rhetoric, coarse in our speech, regulars in the brothels, dismissive of any romantic sentiment and desperately devoid of women.”

August « 2009 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009

Disdainful of the unemployed, Republicans have refused to vote to extend the lifeline unless Congress ends its historical practice of classifying unemployment compensation as emergency funding, which is added to the deficit.

Leo W. Gerard: Republicans Kiss the Rich; Diss the Jobless 2010

Disdainful of the unemployed, Republicans have refused to vote to extend the lifeline unless Congress ends its historical practice of classifying unemployment compensation as emergency funding, which is added to the deficit.

Leo W. Gerard: Republicans Kiss the Rich; Diss the Jobless 2010

Barton stole the show yesterday with his "shakedown" comments, rightfully earning him the spot on the cover of "Disdainful Asshole" Magazine.

Stewart Calls Joe Barton A 'Disdainful A--hole' (VIDEO) 2010

Barton stole the show yesterday with his "shakedown" comments, rightfully earning him the spot on the cover of "Disdainful Asshole" Magazine.

Stewart Calls Joe Barton A 'Disdainful A--hole' (VIDEO) 2010

Disdainful of the unemployed, Republicans have refused to vote to extend the lifeline unless Congress ends its historical practice of classifying unemployment compensation as emergency funding, which is added to the deficit.

Leo W. Gerard: Republicans Kiss the Rich; Diss the Jobless Leo W. Gerard 2010

Disdainful of government because -- as she's so ably proven -- she sucks at it, disdainful of the elites who shun her yet who she longs to be one among, she is at her heart a pretender, a con-artist, a fraud.

Steven Weber: Pussies Galore 2009

The Germans also increased their alert state from "Disdainful Arrogance" to "Dress in Uniform and Sing Marching Songs."

Norman Horowitz: Pernicious 2009

Disdainful of most authority figures, which has led to numerous problems with my parents and contempt for some professors.

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