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Publishing is a business, but journalism never was and is not essentially a business. Nor is it a profession.
Henry R. Luce
Business
Journalism
Profession
Publishing
To see, and to show, is the mission now undertaken by Life.
Henry R. Luce
Life
Mission
Now
Time should make enemies and Life should make friends.
Henry R. Luce
Life
Time
Enemies
Friends
There are men who can write poetry, and there are men who can read balance sheets. The men who can read balance sheets cannot write.
Henry R. Luce
Men
Poetry
Balance
Show me a man who claims he is objective and I'll show you a man with illusions.
Henry R. Luce
Man
I suggest that what we want to do is not to leave to posterity a great institution, but to leave behind a great tradition of journalism ably practiced in our time.
Henry R. Luce
Time
Journalism
Posterity
Tradition
Want
Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight.
Henry R. Luce
Business
Exercise
Foresight
Future
Occupation
I became a journalist to come as close as possible to the heart of the world.
Henry R. Luce
Heart
World