"People may expect too much of journalism. Not……" — Lewis H. Lapham
"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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39 Quotes by Lewis H. Lapham
Lewis H. Lapham has 39 quotes on this site.
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Unlike any other business in the United States, sports must preserve an illusion of perfect innocence. The mounting of this…
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Money is like fire, an element as little troubled by moralizing as earth, air and water. Men can employ it…
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We might make a public moan in the newspapers about the decay of conscience, but in private conversation, no matter…
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The figure of the enthusiast who has just discovered jogging or a new way to fix tofu can be said…
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Never in the history of the world have so many people been so rich; never in the history of the…
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Nobody suffers the pain of birth or the anguish of loving a child in order for presidents to make wars,…
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I never can pass by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York without thinking of it not as a…
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The supply of government exceeds demand.
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A society that presumes a norm of violence and celebrates aggression, whether in the subway, on the football field, or…
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The more prosperous and settled a nation, the more readily it tends to think of war as a regrettable accident;…
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The genius of capitalism consists precisely in its lack of morality. Unless he is rich enough to hire his own…
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Whether lawyer, politician or executive, the American who knows what's good for his career seeks an institutional rather than an…
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More Entertaining Quotes
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I work very hard at relationships. I've done the thing of being home. I worked all day and came home…
— Jacqueline Bisset
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I go from being hugely hopeful and entertaining to... really not. I'm not manic depressive, but I can really go…
— Selma Blair
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Most women put off entertaining until the kids are grown.
— Erma Bombeck
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I've thought for the last decade or so, the only actual place raw truth was seeping through in newspapers was…
— Elayne Boosler
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I like men. They are hugely entertaining, but they have a lot of shortcomings and you just have to bear…
— Jo Brand
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My sincere hope is that 'The Da Vinci Code,' in addition to entertaining people, will serve as an open door…
— Dan Brown
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Snooki is really beautiful and looks quite like Elizabeth Taylor in 'Cleopatra.' She has the same bone structure. I'm kind…
— Margaret Cho
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Cooking for people is an enormously significant expression of generosity and soulfulness, and entertaining is a way to be both…
— Ted Allen
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The most entertaining songs don't always come from a nice place. In songs where I think I'm being really sensitive,…
— Jarvis Cocker
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I also wanted to express the strength of cinema to hide reality, while being entertaining. Cinema can fill in the…
— Pedro Almodovar
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When you are in a good theatre show, it is a wonderful and very fulfilling experience, entertaining a large audience…
— Joel Grey
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Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading…
— Joseph Addison
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