Andrew Ferguson Quotes

#1. Somewhere in the dim recesses of the journalistic soul lies the horrible suspicion: This is really a pretty shallow and maybe unseemly way for a grownup to make a living.

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#2. It is one of the paradoxes of journalism: The more servile a reporter is toward his sources, the more authoritative he can appear in print.

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#3. Incoherence is a common hazard for journalists who dabble in ethical judgments.

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#4. The counselor was a dour and distracted man who showed little obvious interest in college or higher education of any kind, particularly as it pertained to my son. He

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#5. I think it was beginning to dawn on us that the kids could be damned one way or the other, depending on the school, on the composition of the committee reviewing the application, even on the disposition of an individual member of the committee. A

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#6. I want to go to a place where I can go to a football game, take off my shirt, paint my chest and major in beer.

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#7. I'm sure that's okay for a magazine or a book," he went on. "But this is the SAT. You can't get away with that stuff on the SAT.

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#8. Women, churchgoers, and conservative were more likely than men, nonchurch goers, and liberals to disagree with the reductionist (neural) account of human life.

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