Quote by Ryszard Kapuscinski
Our job is like a bakers work -- his rolls are tasty as long as th

Our job is like a bakers work — his rolls are tasty as long as theyre fresh; after two days theyre stale; after a week, theyre covered with mould and fit only to be thrown out. – Ryszard Kapuscinski

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He killed his enemies because he was afraid they would kill him. Amin ordered entire tribes to be put to death, because he feared they would rebel. – Ryszard Kapuscinski

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Death
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There are several reasons why Russians view the oppressive state positively. First, in the Russian Orthodox religion, there is an understanding of authority as something sent by God. – Ryszard Kapuscinski

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He types his labored column — weary drudge! Senile fudge and solemn: spare, editor, to condemn these dry leaves of his autumn. – Robertson Davies

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Personal columnists are jackals and no jackal has been known to live on grass once he had learned about meat — no matter who killed the meat for him. – Ernest Hemingway

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We need not be theologians to see that we have shifted responsibility for making the world interesting from God to the newspaperman. – Daniel J. Boorstin

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The man must have a rare recipe for melancholy, who can be dull in Fleet Street. – Charles Lamb

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A truth thats told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. – William Blake

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I enjoy collecting quotations. When I find a choice one I pounce on it like a lepidopterist. My day is made. When I lose one because I did not copy it out at once I feel bereft. – R.I. Fitzhenry, preface to The David & Charles Book of Quotations, September 198

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I was always anti-marriage. I didnt understand monogamy. I couldnt figure out how that could last. And then I met Bryn and I started to understand the beauty of constancy and history and change and going on the roller coaster with someone – of having a partner in life. – Maria Bello

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A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green. – Francis Bacon

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