"News has a way of distancing us from events, even as it informs us about them. News articles almost always present both the event and the responses at the same time - how is President Barack Obama or Congress responding to the events? I think this reflects a deep need we have to feel that things are under control and that events are subject to our influence."

-- Zia Haider Rahman

#Thinking Quotes #President Quotes #Influence Quotes

“News is only the first rough draft of history.”
“There is no neutral ground in the universe. Every square inch, every split second is claimed by God, and counterclaimed by Satan.”
“My pro-choice activism keeps me busy.”
“...in the end every one stands alone, and the important thing is who it is that stands alone.”
“I don't have a master. I'm not sure if I have an equal.”
“My music lives because of real players.”

Source : "Golden Globe Nominee Abel Korzeniowski Talks Madonna, ‘W.E.,’ Score" by Bill Desowitz, www.indiewire.com. January 11, 2012.
“If I'm not doing something or working on something, I literally just sit in the room and think, which I don't think is productive. I won't go outside for days.”
“She knew that she belonged to this man, body and soul. Every trace of shame departed; it was burnt out by the fire that consumed her. She gave him a thousand opportunities; she fought to turn his words to serious things. He baffled her with his shallow smile and ready tongue, that twisted all topics to triviality. By six o'clock she was morally on her knees before him; she was imploring him to stay to dinner with her. He refused.”

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