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Quote by Robertson Davies
He types his labored column -- weary drudge! Senile fudge and sole

He types his labored column — weary drudge! Senile fudge and solemn: spare, editor, to condemn these dry leaves of his autumn. – Robertson Davies

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A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight. – Robertson Davies

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Pornography is rather like trying to find out about a Beethoven symphony by having somebody tell you about it and perhaps hum a few bars. – Robertson Davies

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Write the news as if your very life depended on it. It does! – Heywood Broun

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Our job is like a bakers work — his rolls are tasty as long as theyre fresh; after two days theyre stale; after a week, theyre covered with mould and fit only to be thrown out. – Ryszard Kapuscinski

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Journalism will kill you, but it will keep you alive while youre at it. – Horace Greeley

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I find I journalize too tediously. Let me try to abbreviate. – James Boswell

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Memory… is the diary that we all carry about with us. – Oscar Wilde, “The Importance of Being Earnest”

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