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Quote by Mark Twain
In the real world, the right thing never happens in the right plac

In the real world, the right thing never happens in the right place and the right time. It is the job of journalists and historians to make it appear that it has. – Mark Twain

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It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare. – Mark Twain

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We have not all had the good fortune to be ladies. We have not all been generals, or poets, or statesmen; but when the toast works down to the babies, we stand on common ground. – Mark Twain

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No news is good news. No journalists is even better. – Nicolas Bentley

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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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The media transforms the great silence of things into its opposite. Formerly constituting a secret, the real now talks constantly. News reports, information, statistics, and surveys are everywhere. – Michel De Certeau

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Harmony seldom makes a headline. – Silas Bent

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