Journalism Quotes by Jimmy Breslin

11 Journalism quotes by Jimmy Breslin

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If you’re after a brief but vivid portrait of a columnist who never shied away from the city’s underbelly, these eleven lines deliver. Breslin’s street‑wise humor and sharp critique give a taste of his unapologetic approach to the press.

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Newspapers are so boring. How can you read a newspaper that starts with a 51-word lead sentence?

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Rage is the only quality which has kept me, or anybody I have ever studied, writing columns for newspapers.

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I always react to news immediately. That's my business.

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Don't call me a journalist; I hate the word. It's pretentious!

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“Reporting is all about legwork, getting out and finding the story. But all the stories are on the top floors, so you…

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A job on a newspaper is a special thing. Every day you take something that you found out about, and you put…

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Why something in the public interest such as television news can be fought over, like a chain of hamburger stands, eludes me.

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If a man, for private profit, tears at the public news, does so with the impatience of one who thinks he actually…

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Journalism schools are good to get a job, but I don't know what else they are good for. I don't like the…

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A job on a newspaper is a special thing. Every day you take something that you found out about, and you put…

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Journalism should be truthful and entertaining. You know, with news and important facts you can entertain people too. Have a little humor.…

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Media, the plural of mediocrity.

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“Pointing to the mutual envy of businessmen and politicians who are often out of their field in each other's area,, the author quotes the…

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Anything that isn't writing is easy

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The other feature is a gymnasium named after another dead politician who was gifted with fast and extremely sure hands.

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Designed by architects with honorable intentions but hands of palsy.

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Speaks cheerful English and in the past has written this language with a paintbrush that talks.

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Trump is larger than life.

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Out in the ocean, a rope is put around the man's neck. The other end of the rope is attached to an old jukebox…

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