"We still write too many stories that are "state of the race" stories that are informed almost solely by what the polling shows and by what we're then deducing about who's up, who's down, and I'm just not sure that's very helpful to readers, it certainly doesn't elevate the debate and, and the problem is if you, if you cover these things, and I don't think the Times is particularly culpable, I think other news organizations are worse, if you cover them in an entirely "who's up, who's down" horse race way."

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Frank Bruni

#Horse Quotes #Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I think the more honest you are with the storytelling, the better it works.”

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“The most heartbreaking thing of all is how we cheat ourselves of the present moment.”
“It was all right until the sun came out and then everything started getting warmer.”
“When a novel has 200,000 words, then it is possible for the reader to experience 200,000 delights, and to turn back to the first page of the book and experience them all over again, perhaps more intensely.”
“I wish we had more female writers. Most of the female characters you see in films today are â€˜the poor heartbroken girl.â€™ Thatâ€™s why Iâ€™m so proud of the Fast movies. I feel like Giselle is an empowering woman.”

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“The wonderful thing about Gilda Radner was that she was not a person who disappointed.”
“I don't want to be one of those people saying, 'Remember when things were better?'”
“Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.”

Source : Charlotte Bronte (2013). “Jane Eyre”, p.76, Simon and Schuster

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