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The '80s to me, more than anything else, represents a time of real criminal activity in the office of the president: an incredibly disparate economy in terms of the class distinctions and whatnot, and a tremendous shallowness - a lot of sort of bank robbery by executives.

— Martha Plimpton

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

You couldn't define the '80s when the '80s were happening. We kept changing. We had shoulder pads, then we didn't. It was revealing, and then it was decoration. It was a lot of things at once. It was defined when it was over.

— Donatella Versace

I remember the '80s being about the Cold War and Reagan and the homeless problem and AIDS. To me, it was kind of a dark, depressing time.

— John Cusack

The '80s was the time for the great so-called modernization in Spain. It was a moment when it seemed that everything was breaking up and moving fast into modernity.

— Antonio Munoz Molina

The '80s were about trying to establish myself as an actor with a career. And being a teenager enjoying the fruits of being successful with lots of what I think is appropriate for that age.

— Rob Lowe

The '80s were fabulous. The '90s sucked, and the '70s were just a sad, sad time in human history. Go 1980s! There's something that's just so cute about that time. And not just yellow nail polish and 'I'm a loner.'

— Jennifer Sky

I have very fond memories of the '80s; they were very formative years for me. I certainly remember the Cold War. It was a closer doorstep for the Brits than the Americans, so it was a very real and palpable threat at the time.

— Matthew Rhys

I didn't like the '80s at all; it was a vulgar moment of fashion.

— Valentino Garavani

✗Opposing Perspectives

The '80s seem a real positive force. The '70s were deadening, in a lot of ways.

— Paul Kantner

The '80s was a really creative and brave period. Remember, it was a period of ultraconservatism, and so you needed brave people to push ahead like that.

— Cyndi Lauper

I can't remember too much about the '80s, to be honest with you... I wish that weren't true, but it is.

— Colin Hay