"A journalist enjoys a privileged position. In exchange for not being able to participate in the rough-and-tumble issues of a community, we are given license to observe it all, based on the understanding that we'll tell everyone what happens fairly and squarely. That's harder than it sounds."

-- Bill Kurtis

#Issues Quotes #Community Quotes #Understanding Quotes

“As I'm writing it, I'm kind of curious to see what's going to happen. It almost feels like I'm the writer and I'm the listener, too.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“I think you say the word in your mind anyway, you know. When you look at a word, you say it.”
“It was a quiet way - He asked if I was his - I made no answer of the tongue But answer of the eyes - And then He bore me on Before this mortal noise With swiftness, as of Chariots and distance, as of Wheels. This World did drop away As acres from the feet of one that leaneth from Balloon Upon an Ether Street. The Gulf behind was not, The Continents were new - Eternity was due. No Seasons were to us - It was not Night nor Morn - But Sunrise stopped upon the place And Fastened in Dawn.”
“There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Islands are where species go to die.”

Source : "The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions". Book by David Quammen, 1996.
“I don't think anyone sets out to malign poor people but certainly that's what we do through organizations such as the World Trade Organization, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.”
“Natural light consistently fosters innovation, as does the avoidance of disturbances from noise and extreme temperatures.”
“I have always used emotion as a writing tool. That goes back to me being on the stage”

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