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Freedom of the press belongs to the man who owns one.
A. J. Liebling
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A. J. Liebling
Age: 59 †
Born: 1904
Born: October 18
Died: 1963
Died: December 28
Journalist
War Correspondent
New York City
New York
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My old friend looked at me with a new respect. He was discovering in me a capacity for hypocrisy that he had never credited me with before.
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I used to be shy about ordering a steak after I had eaten a steak sandwich, but I got used to it.
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I can write better than anyone who can write faster.
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Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place.
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The fighter (like the writer) must stand alone. If he loses he cannot call an executive conference and throw off on a vice president or the assistant sales manager. He is consequently resented by fractional characters who cannot live outside an organization.
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The world isn't going backward, if you can just stay young enough to remember what it was really like when you were really young.
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