Quote by Henry Fielding
A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether the

A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not. – Henry Fielding

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He in a few minutes ravished this fair creature, or at least would have ravished her, if she had not, by a timely compliance, prevented him. – Henry Fielding

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What is commonly called love, namely the desire of satisfying a voracious appetite with a certain quantity of delicate white human flesh. – Henry Fielding

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Once a newspaper touches a story, the facts are lost forever, even to the protagonists. – Norman Mailer

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The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of this, and having tradesman-like habits, supplies their demands. – Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism, 1891

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The press and politicians. A delicate relationship. Too close, and danger ensues. Too far apart and democracy itself cannot function without the essential exchange of information. Creative leaks, a discreet lunch, interchange in the Lobby, the art of the unattributable telephone call, late at night. – Howard Brenton

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Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for that rare story of which you happen to have first-hand knowledge. – Erwin Knoll

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We have to do more than just elect a new President if we truly want to change this country. – Dan Quayle

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For what can war, but endless war, still breed? – John Milton

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And your very flesh shall be a great poem. – Walt Whitman

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Affliction comes to us all, not to make us sad, but sober; not to make us sorry, but to make us wise; not to make us despondent, but by its darkness to refresh us as the night refreshes the day; not to impoverish, but to enrich us. – Henry Ward Beecher

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