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Heywood Broun Heywood Campbell Broun /b ɹ un/ was an American journalist. He worked as a sportswriter, newspaper columnist, and editor in New York City.

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1 Heywood Broun Heywood Campbell Broun /b ɹ un/ was an American journalist. He worked as a sportswriter, newspaper columnist, and editor in New York City. He founded the American Newspaper Guild, now known as The Newspaper Guild. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he is more..more..

2 “ Heywood Broun: The tragedy of life is not that a man loses, but that he almost wins. #Life and Living#Life and Living

3 “ Heywood Broun: A liberal is a man who leaves a room when the fight begins. #Politicians and Politics#Politicians and Politics

4 “ Heywood Broun:Being a well-dressed man is a career, and he who goes in for it has no time for anything else. #Dress#Dress

5 “ Heywood Broun: Men are blind in their own cause. #Causes#Causes

6 “ Heywood Broun: Nobody talks so constantly about God as those who insist that there is no God. #Atheism#Atheism

7 “ Heywood Broun: Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else. #Posterity#Posterity

8 “ Heywood Broun:I doubt whether the world holds for anyone a more soul-stirring surprise than the first adventure with ice cream. #Adversity#Adversity

9 “ Heywood Broun: Sweat is the cologne of accomplishment. #Sweat #Sweat

10 “ Heywood Broun:I see no wisdom in saving up indignation for a rainy day. #Wisdom#Wisdom

11 “ Heywood Broun: A technical objection is the first refuge of a scoundrel. #Committees and Meetings#Committees and Meetings

12 “ Heywood Broun: Brotherhood is not just a Bible word. Out of comradeship can come and will come the happy life for all. #Brotherhood #Brotherhood

13 “ Heywood Broun: The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice so pleasurable that I assume it must be evil. #Gambling #Gambling

14 “ Heywood Broun: Except that right side up is best, there is not much to learn about holding a baby. There are one hundred and fifty-two distinctly different ways --and all are right! At least all will do. #Babies#Babies

15 “ Heywood Broun: Just as every conviction begins as a whim so does every emancipator serve his apprenticeship as a crank. A fanatic is a great leader who is just entering the room. #Fanatics and Fanaticism #Fanatics and Fanaticism

16 “ Heywood Broun: The most prolific period of pessimism comes at twenty-one or thereabouts, when the first attempt is made to translate dreams into reality. #Pessimism#Pessimism

17 “ Heywood Broun: Write the news as if your very life depended on it. It does! #Journalism and Journalists#Journalism and Journalists

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