He steps on stage and draws the sword of rhetoric, and when he is through, someone is lying wounded and thousands of others are either angry or consoled.

Quote by Pete Hamill

Topics: Theater Quotes

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There is a growing feeling that perhaps Texas is really another country, a place where...

It's odd being an American now. Most of us are peaceful, but here we are...

It's odd being an American now. Most of us are peaceful, but here we are...

Say what you will about him Ed Koch is still the best show in town.

Say what you will about him Ed Koch is still the best show in town.

He steps on stage and draws the sword of rhetoric, and when he is through,...

He steps on stage and draws the sword of rhetoric, and when he is through,...

A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news...

A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news...

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It's strange that the newspapers don't see a connection between their false revelations about my...

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I think a newspaper should be provocative, stir 'em up, but you can't do that...

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The way for newspapers to meet the competition of radio and television is simply to...

The secret of a successful newspaper is to take one story each day and bang...

The secret of a successful newspaper is to take one story each day and bang...

A job on a newspaper is a special thing. Every day you take something that...

A job on a newspaper is a special thing. Every day you take something that...

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Don't worry over what the newspapers say. I don't. Why should anyone else? I told...

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I am unable to understand how a man of honor could take a newspaper in...

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Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers,...

There was a time when the reader of an unexciting newspaper would remark, 'How dull...

There was a time when the reader of an unexciting newspaper would remark, 'How dull...

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

The first duty of a newspaper is to be accurate. If it be accurate, it...

The first duty of a newspaper is to be accurate. If it be accurate, it...

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers,...

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers,...

Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for that rare story of which...

Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for that rare story of which...

They take the paper and they read the headlines, so they've heard of unemployment and...

They take the paper and they read the headlines, so they've heard of unemployment and...