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Janet Flanner
American
Journalist
About the author
When you look at the startling ruins of Nuremberg, you are looking at a result of the war. When you look at the prisoners on view in the courthouse, you are looking at 22 of the causes.
Janet Flanner,
American
Journalist
#War
#Result
#Causes
By jove, no wonder women don't love war nor understand it, nor can operate in it as a rule; it takes a man to suffer what other men have invented.
Janet Flanner,
American
Journalist
#Love
#Wonder
#War
#Man
#Men
#Women
Genius is immediate, but talent takes time.
Janet Flanner,
American
Journalist
#Time
#Talent
#Genius
I act as a sponge. I soak it up and squeeze it out in ink every two weeks.
Janet Flanner,
American
Journalist
#Act
I keep going over a sentence. I nag it, gnaw it, pat and flatter it.
Janet Flanner,
American
Journalist
She was built for crowds. She has never come any closer to life than the dinner table.
Janet Flanner,
American
Journalist
#Life
#Crowds