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I would tell young journalists to be brave and go against the tide. When everyone else is relying on the internet, you should not; when nobody's walking, you should walk; when few people are reading profound books, you should read. ... rather than seeking a plusher life you should pursue some hardship. Eat simple food. When everyone's going for quick results, pursue things of lasting value. Don't follow the crowd; go in the opposite direction. If others are fast, be slow. -- Jin Yongquan ↗

— Judy Polumbaum

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He needed no foreplay for the interview, and I was grateful. It's like sweet-talking your date when you both know you're about to get laid. ↗

— Gillian Flynn

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Media work needs ideals. Maybe thirty years from now, after I retire, I'll see the media mature and make the transition from political party, interest group, and corporate to truly public. But over the next ten years, the encroachment of commercialism and worldliness will loom much larger than the democratization we imagine. -Jin Yongquan in China Ink ↗

— Judy Polumbaum

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An interview will seem very sane to me, and I'll find out that the journalist was laughing out of the side of his mouth half of the time. ↗

— Tori Amos

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Perhaps the biggest problem in journalism is the cult divide between journalists and corporate owners. ↗

— Ken Auletta

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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling. ↗

— Otto von Bismarck

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I've had journalists beg me to please say something negative about my estate. ↗

— Freema Agyeman

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I wanted to be an editor or a journalist, I wasn't really interested in being an entrepreneur, but I soon found I had to become an entrepreneur in order to keep my magazine going. ↗

— Richard Branson

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Journalism is the protection between people and any sort of totalitarian rule. That's why my hero, admittedly a flawed one, is a journalist. ↗

— Andrew Vachss

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Journalists are supposed to be skeptical, that's what keeps them digging rather than simply accepting the official line, whether it comes from government or corporate bureaucrats. ↗

— Linda Chavez

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