"Society doesn't need newspapers. What we need is journalism...When we shift our attention from 'save newspapers' to 'save society,' the imperative changes from 'preserve the current institutions' to 'do whatever works.' And what works today isn't the same as what used to work."

-- Clay Shirky

#Needs Quotes #Attention Quotes #Today Quotes

“One thing that seems to surprise the studios is finding out later my willingness to audition. Under the right circumstances, I actually enjoy it very much.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“One day I'll give birth to a tiny baby girl and when she's born she'll scream and I'll tell her to never stop I will kiss her before I lay her down at night and will tell her a story so she knows how it is and how it must be for her to survive I'll tell her to set things on fire and keep them burning I'll teach her that fire will not consume her that she must use it”
“An angel stood and met my gaze, Through the low doorway of my tent; The tent is struck, the vision stays; I only know she came and went.”
“I don't blame my own parents for the way I grew up, as quite often there is little choice in these issues.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“A continuum links peaceful law-abiding ideological Muslims at one end and murderous jihadists at the other.”
“First click attribution is akin to giving my first girlfriend 100% of the credit for me marrying my wife.”
“A leaky faucet, a barking dog - those are things you tolerate.”

Source : "Kick in the Tush Club: Reinvent Your Life" by Janice Taylor, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 3, 2009.
“I think more influential than Emily Dickinson or Coleridge or Wordsworth on my imagination were Warner Brothers, Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes cartoons.”

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