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"Once we thought, journalists and readers alike, that if we put together enough "facts" and gave them a fast stir, we would come up with something that, at least by the standards of short-order cooks, could be called the truth."
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"The root system supports the branches."
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"The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth."
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"The truth is that as we move forward, if one side says we can't raise any taxes on anybody or any interest, and the other side says we can't cut anything, we're obviously not going to make progress on this. And our interest is in making progress on this."
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"The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it."
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"By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth."
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"The first reaction to truth is hatred."
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"It is a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, "Go away, I'm looking for the truth," and so it goes away. Puzzling."
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"Man can embody truth but he cannot know it."
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"Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken."
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"You can read everybody. It's not even interesting to tell the truth because to some extent it's false."
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"Journalists do not like to report on uncertainties. They would almost rather be wrong than ambiguous."
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"Once we thought, journalists and readers alike, that if we put together enough "facts" and gave them a fast stir, we would come up with something that, at least by the standards of short-order cooks, could be called the truth."
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"To choose art means to turn one's back on the world, or at least on certain of its distractions."
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"It is one test of a fully developed writer that he reminds us of no one but himself."
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"Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout."
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"Watching baseball under the lights is like observing dogs indoors, at a pedigree show. In both instances, the environment is too controlled to suit the species."
Baseball
"Nothing is more idealistic than a journalist on the defensive."
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