"Obviously the commercial news media tries to get you worked up and terrified so you'll buy products that they're advertising."

-- Matt Taibbi

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“In sorting out my feelings and beliefs, there is, however, one piece of moral ground of which I am absolutely certain: if I were to be murdered I would not want my murderer executed. I would not want my death avenged. Especially by government--which can't be trusted to control its own bureaucrats or collect taxes equitably or fill a pothole, much less decide which of its citizens to kill.”

Source : Helen Prejean (2011). “Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States”, p.21, Vintage
“I like the influence of pictures on music and the other way around.”
“We cannot remain consistent with the world save by growing inconsistent with our past selves.”
“People have a lot of different beliefs, and at the end of the day, we all have deeply held beliefs that probably don't make sense to anyone else.”
“From the drawing-room window I see pass almost daily an old gentleman with white hair, a firm step, broad shoulders, healthy pink skin, a sunny smile - always singing to himself as he goes - a happy, rosy-cheeked old fellow, with a rosy-cheeked mind I should like to throw mud at him.”

Source : W. N. P. Barbellion (1919). “The Journal of a Disappointed Man”
“Loyalty in time of need is possibly one of the noblest of victories a courtier can win over himself.”
“In New York, we had primary elections for mayor. To improve their chances, all five candidates changed their name to Rudy Giuliani.”
“I was always scared in the amateurs, but the minute I got in the ring it was like another person took over. I become more vicious. In there I love to hurt people. Outside I can't hurt a bug.”

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