"Nation editor Katrina van den Heuvel told me that the failure to adequately cover the Downing Street Memo epitomizes the timidity, the cowardice of a media that has been manipulated, intimidated, bullied by an administration that has taken it to a high level. . lapdog news media."

-- Frank Rich

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“It's only a slight exaggeration to say we haven't progressed much beyond the invention of agriculture when it comes to our view of the natural world.”
“There are two kinds of failures: those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought”
“It is failure that guides evolution; perfection provides no incentive for improvement, and nothing is perfect.”

Source : Colson Whitehead (2012). “The Intuitionist: A Novel”, p.38, Anchor
“To the artist, the forest is an asylum of peace and dancing shadows.”
“I'm prepared for 12 rounds. I'll be very happy with anything else, but I'm prepared for 12 or 15 rounds.”
“It is not so difficult to win love as to keep it!”
“The most consistent characteristic of awakened teachers and people I have met is a childlike nature. They laugh, cry, twinkle, and joke, all with a spontaneity born of freedom. Their faces are fluid and reflect a timeless sweetness, even into old age.”

Source : Catherine Ingram (2004). “Passionate Presence”, p.165, Penguin
“I'm not someone who can lie on a beach and do nothing. I am not sure what you are supposed to do, so I get bored. I prefer to have a purpose, such as going to Alaska to see orca whales.”

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