Laurence Shames Quotes

• Success and failure. We think of them as opposites, but they're really not. They're companions - the hero and the sidekick.

  Laurence Shames

  Success, Motivation, Failure

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• Why are we inspired by another person's courage? Maybe because it gives us the sweet and genuine surprise of discovering some trace, at least, of the same courage in ourselves.

  Laurence Shames

  Sweet, Giving, Ballet

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• When it became clear that Lennon was not going to speak with me, it really became a how-I-didn't-get-the-story story. It was a caper.

  Laurence Shames

  Stories, Speak, Lennon

  Source: classic.esquire.com

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• I never intended to be a journalist. Frankly, I don't think I ever was a journalist. I backed into it.

  Laurence Shames

  Thinking, Journalist

  Source: classic.esquire.com

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• All of us ambitious young writers hoped to have a cover story in Esquire, of course. The idea was to write the best, most entertaining article that you can.

  Laurence Shames

  Writing, Ideas, Ambitious

  Source: classic.esquire.com

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• I listen to the Beatles all the time - in my car, at the gym. The Beatles are still part of my life. And because of that, John Lennon - in life and in death - remains part of my life.

  Laurence Shames

  Car, Lennon, Gym

  Source: classic.esquire.com

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• I've never written a hard journalism piece in my life. I've never wanted to do that.

  Laurence Shames

  Pieces, Journalism, Wanted

  Source: classic.esquire.com

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• I loved seeing my name in print, I loved seeing my words in print. I felt really privileged to be in the kind of company I was in at Esquire, but I didn't think it was going to launch a career as a top-notch journalist. It's just not what I wanted.

  Laurence Shames

  Thinking, Names, Careers

  Source: classic.esquire.com

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• To write an article about someone and then to have that person murdered is disturbing.

  Laurence Shames

  Writing, Articles, Persons

  Source: classic.esquire.com

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