"Here is a fact: nothing in all civilization……" — Tom Rachman
"Here is a fact: nothing in all civilization has been as productive as ludicrous ambition. Whatever its ills, nothing has created more. Cathedrals, sonatas, encyclopedias: love of God was not behind them, nor love of life. But the love of man to be worshiped by man."
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Tom Rachman
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15 Quotes by Tom Rachman
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You know, there's that silly saying 'We're born alone and we die alone' -it's nonsense. We're surrounded at birth and…
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Our worst fear isn't the end of life but the end of memories.
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Anything that's worth anything is complicated.
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Basically, financial reporting is this sinking hole at the centre of journalism. You start by swimming around it until finally,…
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We enjoy this illusion of continuity and we call it memory. Which explains, perhaps, why our worst fear isn't the…
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When I left Toronto and entered journalism in the late 1990s, I had many notions about the news business, nearly…
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My parents used to rent old movies - my whole childhood is in black and white - and it was…
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The strength of fiction is not in reading about yourself, but in reading about other people.
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Journalists who are devoted to strictly factual reporting take particular pleasure from satirical news outlets that have the liberty to…
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A common defense among obituary-fanciers such as myself is that the obit is not about death at all. It is…
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During my past career as a journalist, I relished writing obits and equally dreaded phoning relatives for the necessary facts.…
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There are journalists who are drawn to the most extroverted, aggressive jobs because they get an ego high from it.…
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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