Stephen Collins Foster

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    “The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home;
    ‘Tis summer, the darkeys are gay;
    The corn-top’s ripe, and the meadow’s in the bloom,”
    —Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1884)

    “Comes from a fine family. So she tells me. Brother’s a priest, all that. But, you know, death, disaster, unfortunate investments. One day she’s a little princess, up on the hill. Next, she’s down there, working the bars for the best she can.”
    —Peter Prince, British screenwriter, and Stephen Frears. Harry (Bill Hunter)

    “Massa’s in de cold, cold ground.”
    —Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1864)

    “Charles Foster Kane: Look, Mr. Carter. Here is a three-column headline in the Chronicle. Why hasn’t the Inquirer a three-column headline?
    Carter: News wasn’t big enough.
    Charles Foster Kane: Mr. Carter, if the headline is big enough, it makes the news big enough.”
    —Orson Welles (1915–1985)