"Newspapers have developed what might be called a vested interest in catastrophe. If they can spot a fight, they play up that fight. If they can uncover a tragedy, they will headline that tragedy."

-- Harry Allen Overstreet

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“There is no true Latter-day Saint who would not rather bury a son or a daughter than to have him or her lose his or her chastity - realizing that chastity is of more value than anything else in all the world.”
“People who say, 'Let the chips fall where they may,' usually figure they will not be hit by a chip.”
“Those we love don't go away, they sit beside us every day.”

Source : Liane Moriarty (2014). “Big Little Lies: Now an HBO limited series”, p.385, Penguin UK
“I would travel only by horse, if I had the choice.”
“The pacifist streak in German politics is a problem. But Greens and Social Democrats have to ask themselves: In an imperfect world, what do they prefer? The rise of the right or the success of the European project?”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“I've always been conscious of the fact that there aren't enough Irish voices on British television compared to the amount of Irish people who live there.”
“Treasure nothing, be willing to throw out anything. The story you just wrote that you are proud of should not be coddled and worshipped. You can do it again. If your house burned down with all your work inside it, you would still be the writer you are, and you would continue to be worth something.”
“The director Denis [Villeneuve] is actually an actor (he's from Sons of Anarchy and he's a great character actor) and he's also a screenwriter (he wrote What Lies Beneath). It blows my mind to see when people from one sector move to another and excel. I think Sicario was one of the best directed and written films. It did get [a nomination for best] cinematography, though.”

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