"Journalism is literature in a hurry."

Journalism, Literature

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"Honestly, I expected to get a cold reception because of my subject matter. But when editors took a look at the story I had to tell, and saw that this was not a parochial story at all, they really warmed to it."

Laura Hillenbrand, American Author

Journalism, Editors

"Journalism largely consists in saying "Lord Jones is dead" to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

Journalism, Truth, Life, Death

"A journalist's job is to collect information," Ovid said to Pete. "Nope," Pete said. "That's what we do. It's not what they do." Dellarobia was unready to be pushed out of the conversation just like that. "Then what do you think the news people drive their Jeeps all the way out here for?" "To shore up the prevailing view of their audience and sponsors." "Pete takes a dim view of his fellow humans," Ovid said. "He prefers insects. Dellarobia turned her chair halfway around to face Pete, scraping noisily against the cement floor. "You're saying people only tune in to news they know they're going to agree with?" "Bingo," said Pete."

Barbara Kingsolver, American Novelist

Journalism, Media, Truth, Bias, Information

"It's all quotes, anyway, and it all sounds the same to me."

Steve Carlton, American Athlete

Journalism, Quotes

"I saw a photograph of a wedding conducted by Reverend Moon of the Unification Church. I wanted to understand this event, and the only way to understand it was to write about it."

Don DeLillo, American Novelist

Journalism, Wedding, Church, Moon

"The First Amendment does not guarantee the press a constitutional right of special access to information not available to the general public, nor does it cloak the inmate with special rights of freedom of speech."

Pete Wilson, American Politician

Journalism, First, Freedom, Rights, Information

"Writers are the lunatic fringe of publishing."

Judith Rossner, American Novelist

Journalism, Publishing, Writers

"The markets where we've got real good presence are the older, more mature markets like Australia, and Western Europe - where we've only got 6,000 stores, compared to the US with 13,000."

Jim Cantalupo, American Businessman

Journalism, Europe

"Deep Throat did serve the public interest by providing the guidance and information to us."

Bob Woodward, American Journalist

Journalism, Deep, Guidance, Information, Interest

"If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera."

Lewis Hine, American Photographer

Journalism, Words

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"Culture is properly described as the love of perfection; it is a study of perfection."

Love

"Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom - all, which makes death a hideous show."

Friendship

"And we forget because we must and not because we will."

Forgetting

"Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery."

Resolve

"Greatness is a spiritual condition."

Greatness

"The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light."

Perfection

"Sad Patience, too near neighbour to despair."

Despair

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"Honestly, I expected to get a cold reception because of my subject matter. But when editors took a look at the story I had to tell, and saw that this was not a parochial story at all, they really warmed to it."

"Journalism largely consists in saying "Lord Jones is dead" to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive."

"It's all quotes, anyway, and it all sounds the same to me."

"I saw a photograph of a wedding conducted by Reverend Moon of the Unification Church. I wanted to understand this event, and the only way to understand it was to write about it."

"The First Amendment does not guarantee the press a constitutional right of special access to information not available to the general public, nor does it cloak the inmate with special rights of freedom of speech."

"Writers are the lunatic fringe of publishing."

"The markets where we've got real good presence are the older, more mature markets like Australia, and Western Europe - where we've only got 6,000 stores, compared to the US with 13,000."

"Deep Throat did serve the public interest by providing the guidance and information to us."

"If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera."

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"Culture is properly described as the love of perfection; it is a study of perfection."

"Conduct is three-fourths of our life and its largest concern."

"Culture is to know the best that has been said and thought in the world."

"Truth sits upon the lips of dying men."

"Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom - all, which makes death a hideous show."

"And we forget because we must and not because we will."

"Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery."

"Greatness is a spiritual condition."

"The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light."

"Sad Patience, too near neighbour to despair."