Lewis H. Lapham Quotes
People may expect too much of journalism. Not only do they expect it to be entertaining, they expect it to be true.
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Well, we like to let down our hair and pep it up at the dances, but we keep it slower when we broadcast. We have to please everybody, and that softer music appeals to the larger amount of people. It's like eating too much cake. You have to have your steak too.
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I want to do my hard dives really well, I want to see what my true potential in this sport really is. I want to grasp that.
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I like to prove people wrong.
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Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.
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What I find so interesting about people is the choices they make, and how that effects their behavior, their sense of self and their relationships.
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People are predominant in my paintings. Although they are not obvious, you can feel their presence.
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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I think I would make a good spy. I can sort of be a chameleon. People don't notice me very easily. I never get recognized.
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Despite all odds we have emerged as one people and one country.
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People die because they find living too painful.
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Different races never fazed me because coming from Bethnal Green, I'd been around people of different races forever. Different class? That was much harder.
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It was a lovely opportunity for the first time in my whole career to stand up and thank people who are really responsible for me getting to realize my dreams.
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People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect.
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You have got to clean your own house first before you tell other people that they aren't doing it right.
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It's such a small industry here you inevitably end up working with the same people over and over again. There are only so many actors to go around, which is good for us.
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I don't think I care about the hair as much as people think I do. It's just kind of there. It's not really a big deal to me. It actually drives me nuts. It's always in my face if I don't have a hat on. I might have to get rid of it.
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Most people think I'm immodest.
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Europe can't take in huge masses of foreign people in an unlimited, uncontrolled manner.
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To have that kind of ovation, that happens very seldom for a lineman.
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Writers don't have to keep themselves honest. They have to keep themselves accurate.
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What makes the vault so spectacular is because it's a very athletic type of event, where it needs a lot of speed, a lot of explosive action and, of course, great coordination.
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I know that I'm the happiest of lovers...
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I always try to write from memory, and I always try to use memory as an editor. So when I'm thinking of something like a relationship or whatever, then I'm letting my memory tell me what the important things were.
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People may expect too much of journalism. Not only do they expect it to be entertaining, they expect it to be true.
