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David Remnick Quotes

Not all political prisoners are innocents Picture Quote #1

Nature is cold, wet, hard and unforgiving Picture Quote #1

Most magazines have peak moments. They live on, they do just okay, or they die. ‘the New Yorker’ has had a very different kind of existence Picture Quote #1

There are two forms of populism, left-wing populism and right-wing populism. Right-wing populism requires the denigration of an Other. Left-wing populism tends to be about the haves and have-nots Picture Quote #1

I got in journalism for any number of reasons, not least because it’s so much fun. Journalism should be in the business of putting pressure on power, finding out the truth, of shining a light on injustice, of, when appropriate, being amusing and entertaining - it’s a complicated and varied beast, journalism Picture Quote #1

As journalists, we need to find every avenue to distribute our work, and try to be so good that we become increasingly more influential than before Picture Quote #1

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I think the Electoral College is an absurd 18th-century construct. But that is the law Picture Quote #1

The internet is very democratizing in some ways, but it also has other effects Picture Quote #1

Donald Trump’s temperament and character is precisely what you would hate to see in your children, much less your president Picture Quote #1

There’s nothing wrong with creating jobs. What’s wrong is to seed the illusion that you will magically bring back the economy of 1970, that you will reopen coal mines Picture Quote #1

We have to do our jobs better, more tirelessly and stop whining about it Picture Quote #1

Journalism, some huge percentage of it, should be devoted to putting pressure on power, on nonsense, on chicanery of all kinds and if that’s going to invite a lawsuit, well, bring it on Picture Quote #1

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Democratic institutions, even in the oldest operating democracy in the world, are anything but perfect Picture Quote #1

There is no single field of activity, not a single institution, free of the most brutal sort of corruption. Russia has bred a world-class mafia Picture Quote #1

100% of the people who get the magazine say they read the cartoons first - and the other 2% are lying.100 Picture Quote #1

The world is a crazy, beautiful, ugly complicated place, and it keeps moving on from crisis to strangeness to beauty to weirdness to tragedy. The caravan keeps moving on, and the job of the longform writer or filmmaker or radio broadcaster is to stop - is to pause - and when the caravan goes away, that’s when this stuff comes Picture Quote #1

I’m interested in Russian language, culture, history... and I lived there, for four years, as a reporter for the Washington Post and have visited many times since Picture Quote #1

Reform is not a period of retreat Picture Quote #1

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Speaking to the subject is the most overrated thing in journalism Picture Quote #1

I’m not the slowest writer that you know Picture Quote #1

I understand the difference between journalism and scholarship that comes 20 years later Picture Quote #1

I have to always remember, writing is really hard Picture Quote #1

I actually have great hopes for the future Picture Quote #1

Everybody has a cartoon of themselves. Mine is: I write very fast, and I’m ruthlessly efficient with my time Picture Quote #1

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You know what writers say about their long books: If I had another year, the book would be half as long Picture Quote #1

If the story is good enough, if it’s imaginative enough, if it’s moving enough it is going to reach deeper than the level of sheer information and change somebody’s life two degrees. That is an enormous achievement Picture Quote #1

Journalism, some huge percentage of it, should be devoted to putting pressure on power, on nonsense, on chicanery of all kinds and if that’s going to invite a lawsuit, well, bring it on Picture Quote #1

What about our refusal to look squarely at the degradation of the planet we inhabit? In the last election cycle many candidates refused even to acknowledge the hard science, irrefutable science, of climate change. The president, while readily accepting the facts, has done far too little to alter them. How long are we, are you, prepared to wait? Picture Quote #1

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Not all political prisoners are innocents (David Remnick Quotes) Nature is cold, wet, hard and unforgiving (David Remnick Quotes) Most magazines have peak moments. They live on, they do just okay, or they die. ‘the New Yorker’ has had a very different kind of existence (David Remnick Quotes) There are two forms of populism, left-wing populism and right-wing populism. Right-wing populism requires the denigration of an Other. Left-wing populism tends to be about the haves and have-nots. (David Remnick Quotes) I got in journalism for any number of reasons, not least because it’s so much fun. Journalism should be in the business of putting pressure on power, finding out the truth, of shining a light on injustice, of, when appropriate, being amusing and entertaining - it’s a complicated and varied beast, journalism. (David Remnick Quotes) As journalists, we need to find every avenue to distribute our work, and try to be so good that we become increasingly more influential than before. (David Remnick Quotes) I think the Electoral College is an absurd 18th-century construct. But that is the law. (David Remnick Quotes) The internet is very democratizing in some ways, but it also has other effects (David Remnick Quotes) Donald Trump’s temperament and character is precisely what you would hate to see in your children, much less your president. (David Remnick Quotes) There’s nothing wrong with creating jobs. What’s wrong is to seed the illusion that you will magically bring back the economy of 1970, that you will reopen coal mines. (David Remnick Quotes) We have to do our jobs better, more tirelessly and stop whining about it (David Remnick Quotes) Journalism, some huge percentage of it, should be devoted to putting pressure on power, on nonsense, on chicanery of all kinds and if that’s going to invite a lawsuit, well, bring it on. (David Remnick Quotes) Democratic institutions, even in the oldest operating democracy in the world, are anything but perfect (David Remnick Quotes) There is no single field of activity, not a single institution, free of the most brutal sort of corruption. Russia has bred a world-class mafia (David Remnick Quotes) 100% of the people who get the magazine say they read the cartoons first - and the other 2% are lying.100 (David Remnick Quotes) The world is a crazy, beautiful, ugly complicated place, and it keeps moving on from crisis to strangeness to beauty to weirdness to tragedy. The caravan keeps moving on, and the job of the longform writer or filmmaker or radio broadcaster is to stop - is to pause - and when the caravan goes away, that’s when this stuff comes (David Remnick Quotes) I’m interested in Russian language, culture, history... and I lived there, for four years, as a reporter for the Washington Post and have visited many times since (David Remnick Quotes) Reform is not a period of retreat (David Remnick Quotes) Speaking to the subject is the most overrated thing in journalism (David Remnick Quotes) I’m not the slowest writer that you know (David Remnick Quotes) I understand the difference between journalism and scholarship that comes 20 years later (David Remnick Quotes) I have to always remember, writing is really hard (David Remnick Quotes) I actually have great hopes for the future (David Remnick Quotes) Everybody has a cartoon of themselves. Mine is: I write very fast, and I’m ruthlessly efficient with my time (David Remnick Quotes) You know what writers say about their long books: If I had another year, the book would be half as long (David Remnick Quotes) If the story is good enough, if it’s imaginative enough, if it’s moving enough it is going to reach deeper than the level of sheer information and change somebody’s life two degrees. That is an enormous achievement (David Remnick Quotes) Journalism, some huge percentage of it, should be devoted to putting pressure on power, on nonsense, on chicanery of all kinds and if that’s going to invite a lawsuit, well, bring it on (David Remnick Quotes) What about our refusal to look squarely at the degradation of the planet we inhabit? In the last election cycle many candidates refused even to acknowledge the hard science, irrefutable science, of climate change. The president, while readily accepting the facts, has done far too little to alter them. How long are we, are you, prepared to wait? (David Remnick Quotes)