"We must build a trickle-up media that reflects the true character of this country and its people. A democratic media serving a democratic society."

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Source : "The Exception to the Rulers". Book by Amy Goodman and David Goodman, 2004.

Amy Goodman

#Country Quotes #Character Quotes #Media Quotes

“It's so much fun playing Ling, but I have this fear that people are going to run away from me in terror on the streets. They think I'm going to bite their heads off or something.”
“I think that my ideas of the world are that it's random and cruel but kind of quite comical really, and therefore the humour, in a sense, springs from that.”
“Now, people ask me all the time how we got four surplus budgets in a row. What new ideas did we bring to Washington? I always give a one-word answer: Arithmetic.”
“Even as a youngster, though, I could not bring myself to believe that if knowledge presented danger, the solution was ignorance. To me, it always seemed that the solution had to be wisdom. You did not refuse to look at danger, rather you learned how to handle it safely.”
“The nearest I have ever seen to the great Willie Pep”
“Learning how to interact with customers is something that anyone starting any business must master. It's an amazing opportunity to be able to learn the ropes at an established company and then employ your expertise at your own company.”
“I would love to act. I probably won't make it to Hollywood at 42 years of age, but I'd love to act.”

Source : "Richard Hammond: I'm having a mid-life crisis in reverse". www.mirror.co.uk. December 22, 2011.
“Fill your plate with the colours of the rainbow. What pleases the eye, pleases the body.”

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