"People may expect too much of journalism. Not only do they expect it to be entertaining, they expect it to be true."

-- Lewis H. Lapham

#People Quotes #May Quotes #Too Much Quotes

“It's important to think of every customer as an online celebrity with followers, friends, & above all influence”

Source : FaceBook post by Dave Kerpen from Jul 03, 2015
“To my father, who told me the stories that matter. To my mother, who taught me to remember them.”

Source : Marita Golden (2008). “Migrations of the Heart: An Autobiography”, p.5, Anchor
“I am here to fix the problem with yer pheaun.”
“When I first came to New York, I would scream like a girl and run to the other side of the street if there was a pigeon. Now I can face off with a pigeon.”
“The Romans, who so coolly and so concisely mention the acts of justice which were exercised by the legions, reserve their compassion and their eloquence for their own sufferings, when the provinces were invaded and desolated by the arms of the successful Barbarians.”
“Most important, you learn never to trust a man, even if he seems honest and sincere. You learn how men deceive themselves and how impossible it is to help them without injuring yourself.”

Source : "In the Belly of the Beast". Book by Jack Abbott, 1981.
“I was the first records editor at Rolling Stone, and there were no rules. There was nothing to fall back on as to how do you write about this kind of music, so people were trying absolutely everything with a great sense of freedom and experimentation and success and failure, and a feeling of, â€œMy God, people are actually paying attention to this. Letâ€™s pretend they arenâ€™t because we donâ€™t want to be intimidated by what somebody might think of what weâ€™re saying.”
“People who think that once they are converted all will be happy, have forgotten Satan.”

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