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How many august bronze figures don’t have clay feet?
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Los Angeles Times,
9 Nov. 2021
Its cartooned pages confirmed their suspicions that parents are hypocrites, that heroes have clay feet, that popular culture is a ripoff and that a guy might as well laugh at existence because existence is already laughing at him.
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David Von Drehle,
The Denver Post,
7 July 2019
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Los Angeles Times,
9 Nov. 2021
Its cartooned pages confirmed their suspicions that parents are hypocrites, that heroes have clay feet, that popular culture is a ripoff and that a guy might as well laugh at existence because existence is already laughing at him.
—
David Von Drehle,
The Denver Post,
7 July 2019
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“Clay feet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clay%20feet. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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