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Rereading A.J. Liebling carries me happily back to an age when all

Rereading A.J. Liebling carries me happily back to an age when all good journalists knew they had plenty to be modest about, and were. – Russell Baker

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There is a growing literature about the multitude of journalisms problems, but most of it is concerned with the editorial side of the business, possibly because most people competent to write about journalism are not comfortable writing about finance. – Russell Baker

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Reporters thrive on the worlds misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure in events that dismay the rest of humanity. – Russell Baker

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Advice in old age is foolish for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journeys end. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable with interest thirty years later. – Charles Caleb Colton

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Work is transformative. It gives you a greater chance of a greater income. You can affect your life while youre of working age, so you have scope and opportunity. Pensioners do not. – Iain Duncan Smith

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