William Shawn famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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We have a policy at The New Yorker, .. That is, if someone doesn't want to be profiled, we drop it. I would like you to show me the same courtesy.
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Falling short of perfection is a process that just never stops.
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Amid chaos of images, we value coherence. We believe in the printed word. And we believe in clarity. And we believe in immaculate syntax. And in the beauty of the English language.
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There are other places, surely, for other people, but for me there is one place, Ann 
Arbor, for there it was I discovered what lifes bright possibilities were.
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We need to put in proper safeguards. How are we going to feel if somebody leases to the Taliban?
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The New Yorker has devoted itself for 59 years not only to facts and literal accuracy but to truth. And truth begins, journalistically, with the facts.
-- William Shawn
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There are certain things I want to keep to me. I don't discuss my private life.
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The experience of being on a show that is very much in the center of popular culture is exciting. You really feel like you're reaching people.
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I never imagined anyone like you, Blaire. But every time I think about forever with you, I’m humbled that you chose me.
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You are who you are, there's nobody like you, and to try and be like someone else is just a lie.
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Some people like you, some people don't. In the end you just have to be yourself.
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You don't need to like your protagonists.
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Manners with fortunes, humors turn with climes, tenets with books, and principles with times.
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Ah, whither shall a maiden flee, When a bold youth so swift pursues, And siege of tenderest courtesy, With hope perseverant, still renews!
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There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
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Karate begins and ends with courtesy.
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