"It is no good saying we [journalists] must report only what is true because what is true cannot always be proven."

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Source : 2004 In the Sunday Times, 8 Feb.

John Humphrys

#Journalist Quotes

“Sexes. One has the look of a wound, the other of something skinned.”
“The trouble with anyone when they're unhappy or in a relationship they recognize is not working but don't know what to do about is that they can't see farther out than that. If the relationship is not working, if what was there isn't there anymore, you have to do something about it.”

Source : "'The Best Exotic Marigold' star Penelope Wilton". Interview with John Clark, www.sfgate.com. April 29, 2012.
“I keep on fighting as long as my opponent can make a mistake.”
“In almost every profession - whether it's law or journalism, finance or medicine or academia or running a small business - people rely on confidential communications to do their jobs. We count on the space of trust that confidentiality provides. When someone breaches that trust, we are all worse off for it.”
“Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living.”
“Health food shops can make people feel very important; it's like a brand new religion with people trying to convert you to quinoa.”
“I find everything a struggle.”
“I learned from Van Morrison and BB King that the first take is the best. It's about capturing a moment. It's the same as love's first kiss. If you try to do it again, it doesn't work so well.”

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

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