"Going to where the silence is. That is the responsibility of a journalist: giving a voice to those who have been forgotten, forsaken, and beaten down by the powerful."

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Source : Source: www.esquire.com

Amy Goodman

#Powerful Quotes #Responsibility Quotes #Voice Quotes

“People who talk about their dreams are actually trying to tell you things about themselves theyâ€™d never admit in normal conversation.”

Source : Chuck Klosterman (2013). “Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story”, p.69, Faber & Faber
“We believe we are the consumers, but we are the consumed.”
“Following my junior year in high school, I went on a camping trip through Russia in a group led by Horst Momber, a young language teacher from Roosevelt.”
“The game of power is played remorselessly by men who have not the slightest knowledge of, or interest in, the way ordinary people live, and the ordinary people are too terrified to protest.”
“A full mind is an empty bat.”
“I really enjoy travelling around the world. I get to meet some extraordinary people.”
“One of the darkest, deepest shames so many of us mothers feel nowadays is our fear that we are Bad Mothers, that we are failing our children and falling far short of our own ideals.”

Source : Ayelet Waldman (2009). “Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace”, p.3, Anchor
“It's a bit like walking down a long, dark corridor never knowing when the light will go on.”

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