"We are, heart and soul, friends to the freedom of the press...It is a precious pest, and a necessary mischief, and there would be no liberty without it."

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Source : Fisher Ames (1835). “The influences of democracy on liberty, property and the happiness of society, considered, by an American [F. Ames], to which is prefixed, an introduction by H. Ewbank”, p.197

Fisher Ames

#Heart Quotes #Soul Quotes #Liberty Quotes

“Self-transformation is not just about changing yourself. It means shifting yourself to a completely new dimension of experience and perception.”
“The reason I wanted to be an actor is that I don't want to play me for the rest of my life and make money out of that.”
“I would always slip away to the cinema. I always found something absolutely extraordinary about the fact that these actors were always kind of kicking hard at some new dimension they were doing on film.”
“I think you have to have a real point of view that's your own. You have to tell it your way. And, I think that it's a mistake to shoot for a specific magazine's point of view because it's never going to be as good. You have to shoot for yourself and photograph [ the way] you believe it..”
“One thing we didn't know in 1996 is that it's very, very difficult, if not impossible, to sustain a culture with online advertising.”
“Tennessee Williams was a gifted talker with a beautiful accent and we had lots of things in common.”
“All the time, as an actor, you want to be asking what's next and where things are going. If you're not asking those questions, you're not growing.”
“The Country Doctor Revisited is a fine achievement. Purporting to be an overview of the practice of medicine in rural areas, it is a splendid portrait of the practice of medicine everywhere. The special conditions that prevail in the countryside as opposed to the cities are examined, and each of these is illustrated by a case history that is as compelling as it is informative. It is presented in a highly readable form that would be accessible to the general public as well as to the deliverers of health care. I recommend it most highly.”

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