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Louisiana politics is of an intensity and complexity that are matched, in my experience, only in the republic of Lebanon.

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I met a keen observer who gave me a tip: 'If you run across a restaurant where you often see priests eating with priests, or sporting girls with sporting girls, you may be confident that it is good. Those are two classes of people who like to eat well and get their money's worth.'

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There is no concept more generally cherished by publishers than that of the Undeserving Poor.

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The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money.

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A. J. Liebling

A. J. Liebling

Born: October 18, 1904
Died: December 28, 1963 (aged 59)
Bio: Abbott Joseph "A. J." Liebling was an American journalist who was closely associated with The New Yorker from 1935 until his death.
Known for:
  1. The sweet science (1949)
  2. Between Meals: An Appetite for Paris (1959)
  3. The Earl of Louisiana (1961)
  4. Just enough Liebling
  5. World War II Writings
Most used words:
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  • man

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