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> [I worked both as a Russian journalist and an American journalist and ran a bunch of magazines in Moscow over the course…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/i-worked-both-as-a-russian-journalist-and-an-american-journalist-and/)

[Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/)

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> [I had an American journalist say to me, "Is it true you wrote the whole of the first novel on napkins?" I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-k-rowling-2/i-had-an-american-journalist-say-to-me-is-it-true-you-wrote-the-whole/)

[J. K. Rowling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-k-rowling-2/)

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> [More than illness or death, the American journalist fears standing alone against the whim of his owners or the prejudices of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-h-lapham/more-than-illness-or-death-the-american-journalist-fears-standing/)

[Lewis H. Lapham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-h-lapham/)

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> [“I got a call froma cynical young American journalist...You know the sort. He's lived in the Middle East for a little over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-mowafi/i-got-a-call-froma-cynical-young-american-journalist-you-know-the/)

[Amy Mowafi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-mowafi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/488/amy-mowafi-37134_egypt_i-got-a-call-froma-cynical-young-america_1637775.jpg)

> [“American journalist: If you were to give advice to a woman, what would it be? Edith Piaf: Love. American journalist: To a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-piaf/american-journalist-if-you-were-to-give-advice-to-a-woman-what-would/)

[Edith Piaf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-piaf/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d18/edith-piaf-15673_love_american-journalist-if-you-were-to-give_2368375.jpg)

> [Being an American journalist can put people on the defensive. In countries where people assume the press is partisan, like in Lebanon,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annia-ciezadlo/being-an-american-journalist-can-put-people-on-the-defensive-in/)

[Annia Ciezadlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annia-ciezadlo/)

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