A city is not gauged by its length and width, but by the broadness of its vision and the height of its dreams.
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Herb Caen Quote
“A good column is one that sells paper. It doesn't matter how beautifully it is written and how much you admire the author... if it doesn't sell any papers, it's not a good column. It's a terrible yardstick to use, but in the newspaper business, that's the whole thing.”
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