"Fidelity to the subject's thought and to his characteristic way of expressing himself is the sine qua non of journalistic quotation."

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Source : Janet Malcolm (2011). “The Journalist And The Murderer”, p.146, Granta Books

Janet Malcolm

#Way Quotes #Fidelity Quotes #Characteristics Quotes

“The good of our soul is more important than that of our body; and we have to prefer the spiritual welfare of our neighbor to our bodily comforts. . . If a certain kind of dress constitutes a grave and proximate occasion of sin, and endangers the salvation of your soul and others, it is your duty to give it up.”
“For me, L.A. was, and is, a very creative place to be.”
“It seems odd that we continue to worry about the reputations of men who are accused of sexual wrong-doings.”

Source : "Why does everyone feel so sorry for men accused of being predators?" by Jessica Valenti, www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2014.
“One has to do something new in order to see something new.”

Source : "Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook J 1770, 1799.
“By the time I turned 18, I moved into a little chalet of my own and felt very grown-up.”

Source : "For Mackenzie Phillips, drugs overshadowed promising career". www.cnn.com. September 25, 2009.
“Go on, dear brother; but an inch of time remains, and then eternal ages roll on for ever--but an inch on which we can stand and preach the way of salvation to a perishing world.”
“And all Niki really has to do now is coast”
“Never believe a prediction that does not empower you.”

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