Quote by Ben Hecht
Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newsp

Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock. – Ben Hecht

Other quotes by Ben Hecht

In the court of the movie Owner, none criticized, none doubted. And none dared speak of art. In the Owners mind art was a synonym for bankruptcy. The movie Owners are the only troupe in the history of entertainment that has never been seduced by the adventure of the entertainment world. – Ben Hecht

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Hollywood
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Ben Hecht
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There is hardly one in three of us who live in the cities who is not sick with unused self. – Ben Hecht

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Cities
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Ben Hecht
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Media
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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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Media

I think that in the minds of many, the press is being seen less and less as a neutral observer in the impeachment enterprise and more and more as participants, or even collaborators. On Medias Participation In Watergate – Patrick J. Buchanan

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Media

Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages. – Spiro T. Agnew

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Media

The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring. – Warren Chappell

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Media

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