"U.S. journalists I don't think are very courageous. They tend to go along with the government's policy domestically and internationally. To question is seen as being unpatriotic, or potentially subversive."

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Source : The Progressive Interview with Matthew Rothschild, July 1, 1998.

Robert Fisk

#Thinking Quotes #Government Quotes #Courageous Quotes

“There is no such thing as a pure extrovert or a pure introvert. Such a man would be in the lunatic asylum.”

Source : William Targ (1975). “Indecent pleasures: the life and colorful times of William Targ”
“Far away, our dreams have nothing to do with what we do. The wind carries the night, and passes on, aimless.”
“I was reading William Shawcross's biography of the Queen Mother, dressed in my witch outfit! And you know what? It was a really good mix; it was a therapeutic mix.”
“We eat and sleep and shuffle through the fog, walking a marathon with no finish line, no medals, no cheering.”
“Why am I the way I am? Well, I used to be different.”
“I will have won Wimbledon this year in 2013, and I will stop with that. It was magnificent. You will certainly see me at tournaments again, but not playing.”
“Perhaps the challenge is to invent the political structure that will give conscience a better chance against authority.”

Source : Stanley Milgram (1992). “The Individual in a Social World: Essays and Experiments”, McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
“You are not just, "This is the way I play it every night." You are constantly finding new ways in, new attacks, "I want to try it this way. Maybe this scene is affecting that scene. I want to attack this scene differently."”

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