All professions have some element of theater to them.
– David Halberstam
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- Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage. – Thucydides
- Most men have professions, yet few act like professionals. – Chris Murray
- High-quality professions look decently, think profoundly, and act thoughtfully. – Pearl Zhu
- Human nature is the same in all professions. – Laurence Sterne
- Officers came and went and were never a part of daily life. – David Halberstam
- The men were always wary of an officer who took form more seriously than function. – David Halberstam
- It was the kind of country that made you feel better about yourself. – David Halberstam
- When he studied, it was not so much for a promotion as to EXCEL at his job. – David Halberstam
- He saw the pleasure you took from your job every day of his life, and THAT was what he wanted. – David Halberstam
- Hughes might discuss Calvinism ably, but he did not live it, he was-”by Time corporate standards-”just a little lazy. – David Halberstam
- Being well known for being well-known did not necessarily imply intelligence. – David Halberstam
- Newspapers might have as much to do in shaping the course of public events as politicians, – David Halberstam
- If the norm of the society is corrupted, then objective journalism is corrupted too, for it must not challenge the norm. It must accept the norm. – David Halberstam
- Until he (Time’s founder Henry Luce) arrived, news was crime and politics. – David Halberstam
- Education was central to reporting. – David Halberstam
- Until he (Time’s founder Henry Luce) arrived, news was crime and politics. – David Halberstam
- The truth posed a great dilemma for a man who always had to be right, and yet, for all his grandeur, was often wrong. – David Halberstam
- If the Times gave readers far more news, then Lippmann at the Trib made the world seem far more understandable. – David Halberstam
- (I. F. Stone had once called it an exciting paper to read because you never knew on what page you would find a page-one story), – David Halberstam
- Everyone else was trying to make things more complicated and Cronkite, typically, was trying to make them more simple. – David Halberstam
- The telephone was a sign of being rushed. – David Halberstam
- The author writes that the central conflict within journalist and seller of the American way Henry Luce was between his curiosity and his certitude. – David Halberstam
- he knew, unlike most reporters, how to use pauses and the absence of words as effectively as the words themselves. – David Halberstam
- Young man, Mr. Aubrey has made us so rich that we can now afford to worry about our image. – David Halberstam
- It was the responsibility of a senior fireman to teach as well as to do. – David Halberstam
- In the old days, it had been talent and style and brilliance and now it was more and more productivity. – David Halberstam
- He was perceived to be intellectually promiscuous, a little too eager to please all groups. – David Halberstam
- Mohr was one of the most talented people on the staff of Time, in print as well as in person-”the two are often different. – David Halberstam
- He could tune her, bringing out her better instincts and filtering out her lesser ones. – David Halberstam
- The faster the motion, the less time to think. Fuselage journalism, Hugh Sidey of Time later called it. – David Halberstam
- Elliston thought consistency less important than vitality and intelligence and passion. – David Halberstam
- It was a wonderful combination for a reporter, the exterior so comforting, the interior so driven. – David Halberstam
- If he had gone to the old school, he was by no means old-school. – David Halberstam
- …which, of course, is how I developed my love for both Kabuki theater and marshmallow Peeps. – Jimmy Gownley
- Children do not need half a dozen sports, music, art, or theater activities. Kids actually need more free playtime without adult instruction. – Laura Schlessinger
- Radio was theater of the mind. – Ronald Reagan
- Go to the theater, to museums, and to concerts as often as possible; it gives you a healthy glow. – Anne Berest
- Two objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time. We’ve never quite made peace with that in the theater—set designer Robin Wagner – Barbara Isenberg
- What if Theater was the Pong of the the digital Ping?A place where the live experience has an function? – Natasha Tsakos
- It’s illegal to yell -˜Fire!’ in a crowded theater, right?- -œIt is.- -œWell, I’ve whispered -˜Racism’ in a post-racial world. – Paul Beatty