"Everybody I knew, practically, was a journalist when I was a kid - my father, all of his friends. I never wanted to be like those people."

-- Matt Taibbi

#Father Quotes #Kids Quotes #People Quotes

“I've helped launch 49 careers - those that have been in PiL. To me, they are my babies; whatever they get up to, they know I love them. They've been living in my pockets, and they should show more gratitude.”
“When we sell a kilo of bean coffee in Uganda, we get one dollar per kilo. The same kilo, when it is processed [and sold in Britain], goes for $10, $11 or even more a kilo. That is the same situation [price disparity] that goes for all raw materials.”

Source : "President Museveni Highlights Ugandan Achievements for Americans" by Jim Fisher, news.findlaw.com. September 23, 2005.
“Charity wins awards and applause, but joining the poor gets you killed.Â People do not get crucified for charity.Â People are crucified for living out a love that disrupts the social order, that calls forth a new world.Â People are not crucified for helping poor people.Â People are crucified for joining them.”

Source : Shane Claiborne (2010). “The Irresistible Revolution: Living As an Ordinary Radical”, p.86, ReadHowYouWant.com
“Those other 10 o'clock shows that come on, all you get from them is headaches and nightmares when you go to bed! At least we give you food, know what I mean?”
“Nothing in life has happened to you, it's happened FOR You!”
“Boys are the cash of war. Whoever said: we're not free spenders- doesn't know our like.”
“I was going on years and years of auditions and being told I was too this, too that, not enough of this, not enough of that, to the point where I was so afraid and diluting myself into absolutely nothing.”
“The same applies to any artist; we are the tools and instruments of our talent. We are outsiders; we have no place in society because society is what weâ€™re watching, and dealing with.”

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