Felix Salmon famous quotes

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  • News is only the first rough draft of history.

  • The whole world is tense. Everybody gets the international news. Theres been no American comedy at all that even remotely addresses the subject in any way. My goal isnt to solve the worlds problems. My character wasnt even able to do his assignment. But the premise of wanting to find out about somebody -- other than the stuff that the CIA will tell you -- theres no hope unless we do that.

  • It's great news. The reality of negotiations today is that they take time. But these have always been conducted in a good spirit and we are very pleased with the outcome. We can now look forward to the future.

  • In the old days, they killed the messenger who brought the bad news... a Cassandra is never popular in her time.

  • Rumors spread faster than news and news spreads faster than the happenings

  • Never lose your sense of the superficial.

  • We have to protect all journalists, and journalists have to be allowed to do their jobs.

  • I see myself as a recovering journalist.

  • I can't remember a single occasion when I have been kind to a journalist.

  • I'm a journalist - I'm not Robert Caro. I have a day job, and a pretty consuming one - a joyfully consuming one.

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