"The media has changed. We now give broadcast licenses to philosophies instead of people. People get confused and think there is no difference between news and entertainment. People who project themselves as journalists on television don't know the first thing about journalism. They are just there stirring up a hockey game."

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Source : "A Congressional Exit Interview". Interview with Josh Tyrangiel, www.bloomberg.com. June 22, 2012.

Gary Ackerman

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“Age is a peculiar kind of thief. It slips up on you and steps inside your skin and is so quiet and methodical in its work that you never realize it has stolen your youth until you look into the mirror one morning and see a man you don't recognize.”

Source : James Lee Burke (2013). “Creole Belle: A Dave Robicheaux Novel”, p.229, Simon and Schuster
“The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones.”
“I've learned so much from my mistakes... I'm thinking of making some more.”
“Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.”
“People without curiosity are like houses without books: there's something unsettling about them.”

Source : Nikki Gemmell (2011). “Cleave”, p.132, Pan Macmillan
“It has been said that the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games is something that an athlete will remember for the rest of their life. It is true. That moment when you walk into the Olympic Stadium as part of the Australian Olympic Team, is a moment that I will never forget.”
“I have given Him my faith, and sworn my allegiance to Him; how, then, can I go back from this, and not be hanged as a traitor?”
“My father was a man of few words.”

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