“I predict that news outlets will try to compensate for the loss of relevant news by focusing on stories that are more shocking and depressing than ever. At least that way they'll get your attention and sell advertising even if the stories aren't "news" in the traditional sense.”
Source: Books, The Dilbert Future (1997)
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This is in fact something an admirer said, which Christie quoted with disapproval in LIFE magazine (14 May 1956), p. 98
Misattributed
“War stories aren't really anything more than stories about people anyway.”
Dispatches (1977)
Ki divers cunte veut traitier,
Diversement deit comencier
E parler si rainablement
K'il seit pleisibles a la gent.
"Milun", line 1; p. 97.
Lais
As quoted in "Song Kang Ho and Ko Asung Talk SNOWPIERCER, Working with Director Bong Joon Ho, Reuniting to Play Father and Daughter & Working with Hollywood Stars" in Collider (28 June 2014) https://collider.com/song-kang-ho-ko-asung-snowpiercer-interview/
Douglas v. Jeannette, 319 U.S. 157, 181 (1943)
Judicial opinions
Encountering Directors interview (1969)
“A story can be new and yet tell about olden times. The past comes into existence with the story.”
Source: The Neverending Story