A culture impregnated with history has a certain depth and solidity which may not be without value; but the mere survival of quaint costumes, titles and customs has only the superficial kind of interest that is exploited by Hollywood. No one likes to be the object of this kind of interest, and Europeans tend to be impatient of being regarded as picturesque though absurd relics.
Source: "Tourists; we lose our charm away from home" (In: Mortals and Others: Bertrand Russell's American Essays, 1931-1935, v.1 (1975))
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