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"The only difference between a suicide and a martyrdom really is the amount of press coverage."
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"Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media."
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"When the name of Gail Wynand became a threat in the publishing world, a group of newspaper owners took him aside-at a city charity affair which all had to attend-and reproached him for what they called hid debasement of the public taste."It is not my function" said Wynand, "to help people preserve a self-respect they haven't got. You give them what they profess to like in public, I give them what they really like. Honesty is the best policy, gentlemen, though not quite in the sense you were taught to belive"."
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"What's up with you? How come you're being like this?' Because it's the truth. This is the world we live in."
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