Quote by G.K. Chesterton
You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of sele

You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writers in the world. – G.K. Chesterton

Other quotes by G.K. Chesterton

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die. – G.K. Chesterton

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Veterans Day
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Journalism largely consists in saying “Lord Jones is dead” to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive. – G.K. Chesterton

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Media
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A stiff apology is a second insult…. The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt. – G.K. Chesterton

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Apology
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Other Quotes from
Writing
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Ink and paper are sometimes passionate lovers, oftentimes brother and sister, and occasionally mortal enemies. – Terri Guillemets

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Writing

To withdraw myself from myself has ever been my sole, my entire, my sincere motive in scribbling at all. – Lord Byron

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Writing

There are thousands of thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up the pen and writes. – William Makepeace Thackeray

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Writing

Words — so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Writing

Random Quotes

Journalism is organized gossip. – Edward Egglestone

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Media

Seeing the family is a very important part of my weekend. – Susannah York

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Acting has always existed alongside my normal life. Its been a case of learning on the job. Ive worked in so many styles, with so many people, so Ive picked bits up from everyone and everything. – Felicity Jones

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Learning

My mom gives me an allowance. She keeps me pretty tight-reined. – Chloe Moretz

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mom