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Hamilton Nolan Quotes

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“Wherever you go in this life, there is some jerk telling you what to do. Almost always. But not always.”
— Hamilton Nolan, What Was Gawker? 
Tagged: Gawker
“Gawker was like the id of America, and potential sources knew where a story like that — representing the voice of the creative underclass — could get published”
— Hamilton Nolan, Perspective | That R. Kelly ‘cult’ story almost never ran. Thank Hulk Hogan for that.
Tagged: Gawker, Media, Web Publishing, Writing
“Gawker was anarchist journalism at its finest. Every day, a page to be filled; every day, a chance for greatness, or idiocy. This site contains the very best and worst things that many writers have written. This fact drives many people mad. But to the sort of person who was cut out to be a Gawker writer, it was just right.”
— Hamilton Nolan, What Was Gawker? 
Tagged: Gawker
“I think any responsible boxing fan has to also be an advocate for making the sport safer, to the extent that's possible. There are several common sense reforms that could help do that. That said, it will always be a brutal sport, which is both part of its appeal and its tragedy.”
— Hamilton Nolan, 10 Questions With...Gawker's Hamilton Nolan!
Tagged: Boxing, Sports
“The tech millionaires have no flair, but they will live forever.”
— Hamilton Nolan, I Asked The World's Foremost Ethicist If It's Okay To Have A Revolution
Tagged: San Francisco, Wealth, Money, Technology
“Most attempts to explain this publication’s editorial direction tell you more about the person doing the explaining than they do about this publication. With a little cherry-picking you can make it seem like our focus was just about anything. In truth, we had no focus. We had writers.”
— Hamilton Nolan, What Was Gawker? 
Tagged: Gawker
“Gawker was just a giant, empty page waiting to be filled, every day. It was a page large enough and deep enough to accept whatever you wanted to put on it. Serious things and non-serious things could sit side-by-side. News and inside jokes and essays and whatever idea had popped into your mind last night unbidden. Everything.”
— Hamilton Nolan, What Was Gawker? 
Tagged: Gawker
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