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After Watergate, which happened when I was in college, I became increasingly inspired by journalism as a way to change the world. It sounds corny, but to wake the public up, to serve a higher cause. ↗

— David Talbot

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There are not that many new media brands you can say that about nowadays. ↗

— David Talbot

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Do I regret taking the company public? Yes and no. Yes, because it put us under enormous pressure for a young company to go public at that point in its history, something you never could have done in the old days. ↗

— David Talbot

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The reporter wrote with the hope that he would get a by-line in the Times, a testimony to his being alive on that day and all the tomorrows of microfilm. ↗

— Gay Talese

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I got kicked out of high school, so I couldn't get into very many colleges. ↗

— David Talbot

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I have no regrets about launching Salon. For the life of me, I can't imagine doing anything else. ↗

— David Talbot

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On the other hand, we raised $25 million by going public. It's that money that we used to build this company, to build the circulation, to build a high profile and to hire staff that made Salon what it is today. ↗

— David Talbot

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Now Speaker Gingrich says interesting and insightful things. He can explain them well. On many occasions he also says outrageous things that come from nowhere and he has a tendency to say them at exactly the time when they most undermine the conservative agenda. ↗

— Jim Talent

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Well look, I don't begrudge anybody in the voters and their views. ↗

— Jim Talent

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For example, many colleges in their writing programs teach some of my work. ↗

— Gay Talese

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