"a swell of gratitude and appreciation for his assistant, as opposed to the murderous rage he felt toward the rest of his staff"

-- Jennifer Egan

#Gratitude Quotes #Appreciation Quotes #Assistants Quotes

“from the beginning, through the middle years and up to the end: too bad, too bad, too bad.”
“To fire a bullet into the heart or brains of one's fellow man even a fellow man striving to do the same to you creates what might be called an unassimilable memory: a memory that floats on daily life the way an oil stain floats on rainwater. Stir the rain barrel, scatter the oil into countless drops, disperse it all you like, but it will not mix; and eventually the slick comes back, as loathsomely intact as it ever was.”

Source : Robert Charles Wilson (2009). “Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America”, p.176, Macmillan
“I'm sure the mantelpiece of captaincy will suit Wayne”
“Is the New York Times a Liberal Newspaper? Of course it is.”

Source : "THE PUBLIC EDITOR; Is The New York Times a Liberal Newspaper?". www.nytimes.com. July 25, 2004.
“It should be apparent that the belief in objectivity in journalism, as in other professions, is not just a claim about what kind of knowledge is reliable. It is also a moral philosophy, a declaration of what kind of thinking one should engage in, in making moral decisions. It is, moreover, a political commitment, for it provides a guide to what groups one should acknowledge as relevant audiences for judging one's own thoughts and acts.”

Source : Michael Schudson (1981). “Discovering The News: A Social History Of American Newspapers”, p.8, Basic Books
“It's funny, when you're a child you think time will never go by, but when you hit about twenty, time passes like you're on the fast train to Memphis. I guess life just slips up on everybody. It sure did on me.”

Source : Fannie Flagg (2013). “Fried Green Tomatoes, Can't Wait to Get to Heaven, and I Still Dream About You: Three Bestselling Novels”, p.18, Random House
“I like being liked, who doesnâ€™t? But I love being hated.”
“I had some great things and I had some bad things. The best and the worst . . . In other words, I had a life.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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