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Journalist

Sydney J. Harris was an American journalist renowned for his wit and incisive commentary. Born on September 14, 1917, in Chicago, Illinois, he passed away on December 8, 1986. Harris was a prominent figure in journalism, particularly for his newspaper columns.

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“The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be made to obey.”

Art Made Knowing Impulse Art Of Living

Book:For the Time Being

Source: For the Time Being

“Why are we willing to accept a new mathematical formula we don't understand as the product of a brilliant mind, while rejecting a new art form we don't understand as the product of a deranged mind?”

Mind Art Form Accepting Willing Products Brilliant Mathematical Formulas Rejecting Deranged Brilliant Minds

Author:Sydney J. Harris

“The art of listening needs its highest development in listening to oneself; our most important task is to develop an ear that can really hear what we're saying.”

Needs Art Important Listening Development Highest Empathy Tasks Ears Oneself

Author:Sydney J. Harris

“Life is, if anything, the art of combination. Of discrimination. Of freely picking one's own personal pattern out of a hundred choices. Not letting it be picked for you—either by the Establishment, or by the Rebels. Conformity of Hip is no better than Conformity of Square.”

Ifs Art Life Is Choices Hundred Patterns Discrimination Hips Combination Conformity Squares Rebel Establishment

Book:Best of Sydney J. Harris

Source: Best of Sydney J. Harris

“All our efforts to attain immortality-by statesmanship, by conquest, by science or the arts-are equally vain in the long run, because the long run is longer than any of us can imagine.”

Long Art Running Effort Imagine Vain Immortality Long Runs Conquest Statesmanship

Book:Clearing the ground

Source: Clearing the ground

About the Author

Born: September 14, 1917
Died: December 8, 1986
Known for: Journalist
Quotes: 170

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