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    The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it, and invent ridiculous embellishments.

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Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for that rare story of which you happen to have first-hand read more

Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for that rare story of which you happen to have first-hand knowledge

by Erwin Knoll Found in: Newspapers Quotes,
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The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.

The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Newspapers Quotes,
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Let me make the newspapers, and I care not what is preached in the pulpit or what is enacted in read more

Let me make the newspapers, and I care not what is preached in the pulpit or what is enacted in Congress

by Wendell Phillips Found in: Newspapers Quotes,
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Half the American population no longer reads newspapers: plainly, they are the clever half.

Half the American population no longer reads newspapers: plainly, they are the clever half.

by Gore Vidal Found in: Newspapers Quotes,
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The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by read more

The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by exposure.

by I. F. Stone Found in: Newspapers Quotes,
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Newspapers are unable, seemingly to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization

Newspapers are unable, seemingly to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization

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In these times we fight for ideas, and newspapers are our fortresses.

In these times we fight for ideas, and newspapers are our fortresses.

by Heinrich Heine Found in: Newspapers Quotes,
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Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages.

Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages.

by Spiro T. Agnew Found in: Newspapers Quotes,
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I am unable to understand how a man of honor could take a newspaper in his hands without a shudder read more

I am unable to understand how a man of honor could take a newspaper in his hands without a shudder of disgust.

by Charles Baudelaire Found in: Newspapers Quotes,
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