"As a journalist, you know you are doing your job properly when you manage to upset rich, powerful and entitled people who are used to getting their own way,and you know youâ€™ve really got under their skin when they pursue censorship, the avenue of last resort since time immemorial."

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Source : Guy Adams: I thought the internet age had ended this kind of censorship, www.independent.co.uk. July 30, 2012.

Guy Adams

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“To correct the evils, great and small, which spring from want of sympathy and from positive enmity among strangers, as nations or as individuals, is one of the highest functions of civilization.”
“Once the working classes were in chains, now they're in chain restaurants.”
“I made my money the old-fashioned way. I was very nice to a wealthy relative right before he died.”
“At certain junctures in the course of existence, unique moments occur when everyone and everything, even the most distant stars, combine to bring about something that could not have happened before and will never happen again. Few people know how to take advantage of these critical moments, unfortunately, and they often pass unnoticed. When someone does recognize them, however, great things happen in the world.”
“Learn diligence before speedy execution.”
“I've picked up a great appetite for pastrami on rye and a nice cream soda. It is fantastic. So I have to be careful or I'm going to just get really fat.”
“I mean, give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string, I wouldn't get bored anywhere.”
“In examining disease, we gain wisdom about anatomy and physiology and biology. In examining the person with disease, we gain wisdom about life.”

Source : "Literature about medicine may be all that can save us" by Andrew Solomon, www.theguardian.com. April 22, 2016.

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