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Quotes by Editor
"No, there are no hard and fast rules about sources, no printed booklet to help journalists through."
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"Poor, darling fellow - he died of food. He was killed by the dinner table."
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"It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I improve wonderfully as time goes on."
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"A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man."
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"Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity."
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"Time should make enemies and Life should make friends."
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"I defied nothing at all. I ignored the law because I didn't know it existed. It didn't occur to me that anyone would want to curb my inspiration."
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"Journalism is in fact history on the run."
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"In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go."
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"Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither party come prepared to be forgiven."
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"It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it."
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"There's an awful lot of terrible television which I could do, but I mostly stick to Have I Got News for You."
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"Writers' bedtimes vary, but few have been spared the shock of a copy editor's early wake-up call."
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"If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality."
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"The modest person is usually admired, if people ever hear of them."
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"The major media companies are significantly reducing their financial commitment to the motion picture sector."
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"That's how you get surprises, because what movies are all about is surprises."
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"It really hasn't been demonstrated at any level by any major corporation that it can nurture what is euphemistically called creativity."
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"Much of outcomes research is a systematic attempt to exploit what is known and make it better."
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"Fashion is entertainment. That's why these top models are so fascinating to kids. They're dying to know about Naomi and Christy, or whoever we've declared the new one this afternoon."
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"I became a journalist to come as close as possible to the heart of the world."
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"We've been doing this for 10 years and it's been a hobby for a lot longer than it's been a job."
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"Analyses of the movie marketplace points to an interesting phenomenon: High-profile movies are continuing to do well year-to-year in the U.S. and overseas - this past summer, for example, the top 10 movies registered at the same level as in '04."
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"To win respect, the networks seem to feel they have to keep absurdly overstating their anchors' reporting cred."
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"Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild."
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"The bicycle is a former child's toy that has now been elevated to icon status because, presumably, it can move the human form from pillar to post without damage to the environment."
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"Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles."
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"Treat Death as it treats us: with utter indifference."
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"A good title is the title of a successful book."
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"Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Arabs can be elected to the parliament in a democratic election."
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"Every contrition for sin is apt to encourage a not quite charitable wish that other people should exhibit a similar contrition."
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"Substantially fewer films will be produced over the next year or two. And a significant portion of the production costs of the reduced slate will be borne by hedge funds and other investment groups."
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"God doesn't go to jail for the pound of weed you got caught going over the Laredo with - even though he apparently has the knowledge, power, and care to prevent it - you go to jail. God passes go and the courts collect two hundred dollars."
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