"I dont accept the idea that there are two sides to any issue. I think that the middle ground is to be found within most of us."

-- Krista Tippett

#Thinking Quotes #Two Sides Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“I was on a game show and now I'm the game show girl who got a movie. That's how I consider myself.”
“It's not about whether you are innocent or guilty. It's about whether or not you can prove you're innocent. If you can't prove you're innocent, then you're considered guilty. It's been flipped: Now it's guilty until proven innocent.”
“Though we have two eyes, we are supplied with but one tongue. Draw your own moral.”
“The key figure in the Christian faith involves a story of suffering so that others do well. You're only going to get so much liberation, you're only going to get so much transformation, from a system that is based on suffering.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“Technology causes problems as well as solves problems. Nobody has figured out a way to ensure that, as of tomorrow, technology won't create problems. Technology simply means increased power, which is why we have the global problems we face today.”
“Little did I know that there's nothing more competitive in the world than a professional ballroom dancer. They are as competitive as Olympic athletes.”
“Pop culture has entered into a nostalgic malaise. Online culture is dominated by trivial mashups of the culture that existed before the onset of mashups, and by fandom responding to the dwindling outposts of centralized mass media. It is a culture of reaction without action.”

Source : Jaron Lanier (2010). “You Are Not a Gadget”, p.20, Vintage
“I think most cartoonists are solitary, lonely kids who use their work as a way to try to connect with the world. If I had any other skills that were more performative - if I could have been a musician or an actor - I'm sure I would have pursued that instead in order to get that instant feedback and to hear applause.”

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