The men of the press, who despised their own profession, did not know …

Ayn Rand
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The men of the press, who despised their own profession, did not know why they were enjoying it today. One of them, a young man with years of notorious success behind him and a cynical look of twice his age, said suddenly, 'I know what I'd like to be: I wish I could be a man who covers news!' ✨ Ayn Rand (2016). Atlas Shrugged, p.182, Hamilton Books
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