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The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money. ↗

— A. J. Liebling

#function #inform #make #money #press

I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy. ↗

— A. J. Liebling

#democracy #grave #i #press #take

When I say that I'm a businessperson and a dressmaker, it's the truth. I run a business, and I make dresses, I make blouses. ↗

— Phillip Lim

#businessperson #dresses #i #make #run

The science of booby-trapping has taken a good deal of the fun out of following hot on the enemy's heels. ↗

— A. J. Liebling

#enemy #following #fun #good #good deal

To the Parisians, and especially to the children, all Americans are now 'heros du cinema.' This is particularly disconcerting to sensitive war correspondents, if any, aware, as they are, that these innocent thanks belong to those American combat troops who won the beachhead and then made the breakthrough. There are few such men in Paris. ↗

— A. J. Liebling

#american #any #aware #belong #breakthrough

I can make more generals, but horses cost money. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#generals #horses #i #i can #make

I took an acting class. After the first day, the teacher quit, so they said take another. When I saw 'How to be a Stand-up Comedian,' it resonated. I realized I'd rather make 200 people laugh than make one person cry. ↗

— Wendy Liebman

#acting class #after #another #class #comedian

I mean, you go to the internet and you can see all these conversations and arguments that our fans have about our music and that's wonderful to know, that people would take the time to be that involved. ↗

— Alex Lifeson

#conversations #fans #go #i #internet

Unfortunately, a lot of people are stupid. They take drugs. They get drunk and do all the wrong things in life. I just played it straight. ↗

— Bobby Vinton

#get #i #just #life #lot

That is, we are bombarded by all kinds of images and influences and we have to fend some of them off if we're to take in any of them, or to carry through just our ordinary day's work, or really deepen whatever we have to do or say. ↗

— Robert Jay Lifton

#bombarded #carry #day #deepen #fend