"It is grievous to read the papers in most respects, I agree. More and more I skim the headlines only, for one can be sure what is carried beneath them quite automatically, if one has long been a reader of the press journalism."

-- Mary Ritter Beard

#Long Quotes #Paper Quotes #Journalism Quotes

“Since the Renaissance, people have had to get used to living their life on a random planet in the vast galaxy.”
“What is art but the denial of life?”
“Detroit is a city that really stands out. It's been through a very difficult time. There's been a lot of pain here, and the city, physically, has suffered. You can see it in certain neighborhoods, and there's buildings downtown that have been abandoned.”
“I think English film is very embarrassed by patriotism, generally.”

Source : "Q&A with 'King's Speech' director Tom Hooper". Interview with Walter Addiego, www.sfgate.com. February 4, 2011.
“It's incredible to see labor unions and environmentalists getting together to stop the corporate mentality that destroys both jobs and the environment.”
“The second childhood of a saint is the early infancy of a happy immortality, as we believe.”

Source : William Mountford (1858). “Euthanasy, Or Happy Talk Towards the End of Life”, p.2
“I don't criticize political or electoral freedom, but capitalism's perversion of the concept: the illusion that I hold the power over my own life.”
“A company can seize extra-ordinary opportunities only if it is very good at the ordinary operations.”

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