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The Imperfectionists

Book by Tom Rachman · 6 quotes · Journalism, Journalists, Death

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“In a good book, we get an intimate and nuanced picture of someone—to the point that our own prejudices are displaced (or almost entirely displaced)by the world created by the author. This is an extraordinarily important kind of social discipline: It reminds us that an important part of what it means to be human is to replace our snap judgments about people with the empirical evidence about themselves that they offer us. ~ Malcolm Gladwell in interview at back of the book. 277”

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“But my point, you see is that death is misunderstood. The loss of one's life is not the greatest loss. It is no loss at all. To others, perhaps, but not to oneself.”

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“They had holes to fill on every page and jammed in any vaguely newsworthy string of words provided it didn't include expletives, which they were apparently saving for their own use around the office.”

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“As touchy as cabaret performers and as stubborn as factory machinists....”

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“But this is how he is: easygoing, which means tough going for everyone else. 65”

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“I have to wonder if you're not being slightly naive here. I mean, are you saying that you want nothing for people? You have no motives? Everybody has motives. Name the person, the circumstances, I'll name the motive. Even saints have motives -- to feel like saints, probably. ... But still, the point of any relationship is obtaining something from another person.”

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