"But I think it's undeniable that the Times is a liberal paper."

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Source : "It's curtains for Okrent" by Steve Kettmann, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2005.

Daniel Okrent

#Thinking Quotes #Paper Quotes

“We need self-confidence in our ability to build Africa. I trust in Mali and I trust in music.”
“Shot at twenty-seven times - what a Dominican number...”
“No one can predict whether the earth will be cooler or hotter next year, let alone do anything to change it. If you're afraid of global warming, turn off the lights when you leave the room - but don't participate in the corruption of science, don't scare our kids with unproven cataclysmic theories, and don't try to ban economic energy sources that people living on this planet depend upon today. And don't try to stop progress; it's the only hope the earth has of seeing clean industry, short of exterminating mankind.”

Source : "Doug Casey on Global Warming". Interview with Louis James, www.caseyresearch.com. October 7, 2009.
“It has always been a source of serious reflection and sincere regret with me that the youth of the United States should be sent to foreign countries for the purpose of education. Although there are many who escape the danger of contracting principles unfavorable to republican governments, yet we ought to deprecate the hazard attending ardent and susceptible minds from being too strongly and too early prejudiced in favor of other political systems, before they are capable of appreciating their own.”
“If we know anything about man, it's that he's not pacific. The temptation to butcher anyone considered undesirable seems to be a common temptation, not always resisted.”
“The last thing the world needs is another boring person or another boring brand, so embrace all the things that make you different. Alter your clothes all you want, but don't you dare alter your inner freak - she's got your back as much as I do.”

Source : Sophia Amoruso (2014). “#GIRLBOSS”, p.103, Penguin
“The recommended daily requirement for hugs is: four per day for survival, eight per day for maintenance, and twelve per day for growth.”
“Well, the good news is that there's quite a lot of cynicism about major labels within radio and the press. I think they have been largely disillusioned by the manner in which the record companies have developed music.”

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