Lance Morrow
Lance Morrow
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Full Name and Common Aliases
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Lance Morrow was an American journalist and essayist. He is also known by his pen name, Lance Morrow.
Birth and Death Dates
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Born on May 2, 1933, Lance Morrow passed away on November 21, 2018.
Nationality and Profession(s)
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Morrow was an American journalist and essayist. His work spanned various mediums, including television, print journalism, and literature.
Early Life and Background
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Lance Morrow was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He grew up in a family that valued writing and storytelling, which would later influence his career as a writer. Morrow earned a Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan and went on to earn an M.A. in English Literature from Columbia University.
Major Accomplishments
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Morrow's work has been recognized with several awards, including two Emmy Awards for writing and producing documentaries. He was also a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship. Morrow served as the editor-in-chief of _Time_ magazine from 1984 to 1995.
Notable Works or Actions
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Some of Morrow's most notable works include his essays, which were collected in several books, such as "The Best-Loved Thing" and "God Is Not Here." He also wrote for various publications, including _Life_ magazine. In addition to his writing career, Morrow worked as a television producer and writer on several documentaries.
Impact and Legacy
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Lance Morrow's impact can be seen in the way he explored complex topics through storytelling. His work often focused on themes of mortality, family, and human relationships. Morrow's influence extends beyond his own writing to the broader world of journalism and nonfiction literature.
Why They Are Widely Quoted or Remembered
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Morrow is widely quoted and remembered for his insightful essays that captured the human experience in a way that was both poignant and thought-provoking. His work has been praised for its ability to balance personal reflection with broader social commentary, making him one of the most celebrated essayists of his generation.
As a journalist and writer, Morrow's legacy is built on his dedication to telling stories that resonate with readers. Through his writing, he offered a unique perspective on human experience, challenging readers to see things from new angles. His impact continues to be felt in the world of journalism, literature, and beyond.
Quotes by Lance Morrow
Never forget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes on and on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.
The real 1960s began on the afternoon of November 22, 1963. It came to seem that Kennedy’s murder opened some malign trap door in American culture, and the wild bats flapped out.
The Clinton’s secret is that they live in a morally discontinuous universe-events do not have consequences, and what happened 15 minutes ago has no connection to what happens now. Beware of power when it masters the secret of popular amnesia.
Africa has a genious for extremes, for the beginning and the end. It seems simultaneously connected to some memory of Eden and to some foretaste of apocalypse. Nowhere is day more vivid or night darker. Nowhere are forests more luxuriant. Nowhere is there a continent more miserable.
As American productivity, once the exuberant engine of national wealth, has dipped to an embarrassingly uncompetitive low, Americans have shaken their heads: the country’s old work ethic is dead.
One can live with the thought of one’s own death. It is the thought of the death of the words and books that is terrifying for that is the deeper extinction.
The busybodies have begun to infect American society with a nasty intolerance – a zeal to police the private lives of others and hammer them into standard forms – A Nation of Finger Pointers.
For now, we assume that self-evolving robots will learn to mimic human traits, including, eventually, humor. And so, I can’t wait to hear the first joke that one robot tells to another robot.
Abstinence is a window of clarity through which one can better find one’s work and one’s mate.