Quote by Cyril Connolly
Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice

Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once. – Cyril Connolly

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Nothing dates like hate and in literature a little of it goes a very long way. – Cyril Connolly

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Hate
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Those of us who were brought up as Christians and have lost our faith have retained the sense of sin without the saving belief in redemption. This poisons our thought and so paralyses us in action. – Cyril Connolly

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Faith
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The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust. – Samuel Butler

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The only reason this country is different from any place else is that once in a great while, this huge, snobbish, generally untalented news reporting business stops covering stories of interest only to itself and actually serves the public. – Jimmy Breslin

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Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper. – Thomas Jefferson, letter to Nathaniel Macon

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Media

The evening papers print what they do and get away with it because by afternoon the human mind is ruined anyhow. – Christopher Morley, Kitty Foyle

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Media

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The catch phrase for the day is Do an act of kindness. Help one person smile. – Harvey Ball

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