"I wish we had a more open discourse. It's just a shame that with our 24-hour news media and the Internet, people have become so fragmented. They only want to support their own worldview."

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Jim James

#Media Quotes #People Quotes #Support Quotes

“If it were true that men could achieve their good by means of turning some men into sacrificial animals, and . . . if I were asked to serve the interests of society apart from, above and against my own I would refuse. . . . I would fight in the full confidence of the justice of my battle and of a living being's right to exist.”
“All of us necessarily hold many casual opinions that are ludicrously wrong simply because life is far too short for us to think through even a small fraction of the topics that we come across.”

Source : Julian Lincoln Simon (1998). “The Ultimate Resource 2”, p.55, Princeton University Press
“Our libraries are not cloisters for an elite. They are for the people, and if they are not used, the fault belongs to those who do not take advantage of their wealth.”
“Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life, its strength; and so is man rooted to the land from which he draws his faith together with his life.”
“When you ask about "mission" it is easy to reference a "mission statement" which, in my case, is the quest, however Quixotic, at times, to sensitize everyone I am in contact with to the miracle of life on Earth, and our sacred responsibilities to preserve, protect and revere biodiversity, at every possible juncture of our days and nights. We have very little time.”
“I've been proud to work on some really great children's shows, but they are not my only interest.”
“I never apologize for my efforts to support worthy projects that Alabama.”
“The argument that 'boys will be boys' actually carries the profoundly anti-male implication that we should expect bad behavior from boys and men. The assumption is that they are somehow not capable of acting appropriately, or treating girls and women with respect.”

Source : Jackson Katz (2006). “The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and and How All Men Can Help”, p.80, Sourcebooks, Inc.

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