"The New York Times I think really is the gold standard of a certain type of journalism and in some ways it's the most important type of journalism, this chronicle of the biggest and most important stories of our time covered with a level of rigor and seriousness that is really unparalleled."

-- Lydia Polgreen

#Thinking Quotes #Important Quotes #Gold Quotes

“I was 7, and I remember being given a part in a play and thinking, This is exciting.”
“To be changed by ideas was pure pleasure. But to learn ideas that ran counter to values and beliefs learned at home was to place oneself at risk, to enter the danger zone. Home was the place where I was forced to conform to someone elseâ€™s image of who and what I should be. School was the place where I could forget that self and, through ideas, reinvent myself.”
“I know when something is kind of half-baked.”
“I just did a five-day raw-food diet, but I'll never do that again. It's really hard! I'd wake up in the morning feeling great and go to bed feeling miserable, because dinner would be cucumbers, kale, and dressing. I mean, at the end of the day, if you can't have a Girl Scout cookie and a piece of cheese, what is life all about?”

Source : "Q&A: Atlanta Director Hiro Murai On Working With Donald Glover, Dream Logic, And That 'Black Justin Bieber' Episode". Interview with Eric Ducker, www.mtv.com. October 4, 2016.
“If I lived in China or even Russia, or any totalitarian country, Maybe I could understand some of these illegal injunctions. ... But somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly. Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech. Somewhere I read of the freedom of the press. Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for right.”
“Whatever I am doing at that moment, I want to make the most of it.”

Source : "How Jennie Finch Stays in Pro-Athlete Form". Interview with Jené Luciani, www.shape.com. March 14, 2012.
“Best selling authors are always worth listening to, even if you choose to ignore their advice.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
“But make not more business necessary than is so; and rather lessen than augment work for thyself.”

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