"As Americans, we rightfully place tremendous value on having a free and independent press. Our role as journalists is to give voice to the voiceless, and hold our leaders and institutions accountable. But the circle is only completed when that information is consumed by a free-thinking and engaged audience."

-- Lester Holt

#Independent Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Circles Quotes

“Did either the nonexistent or the measured response after a series of attacks on Americans the past decade - in Lebanon, Africa, Saudi Arabia, New York, and Yemen - suggest to our terrorist enemies that it was wrong and unwise to kill reasonable and affable people, or did the easy killing imply that self-absorbed and pampered Lotus-eaters would not much care who or how many were butchered as long as it was within reasonable numbers and spread out over time?”
“A moment with Jesus changed everything.”

Source : Judah Smith (2014). “Jesus Is Student Edition: Discovering Who He Is Changes Who You Are”, p.10, Thomas Nelson Inc
“Those with health insurance are overinsured and their behavior is distorted by moral hazard. Those without health insurance use their own money to make decisions based on an assessment of â€œtheir needs. The insured are wasteful. The uninsured are prudent. So what's the solution? Make the insured a little more like the uninsured.”
“We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give.”
“He leaped to his feet, grabbed her, and spun her to face him. "No more bullshit, Sin. Feel what you've done." He took her hand and pressed it to her chest, where her heart was pounding painfully fast. So was his. "Let yourself feel something for someone else." ~Con”
“The mind, of course, is just what the brain does for a living.”
“I spent so much time at Escuela Caribe denying my true emotions and avoiding conflict that I became unsure of what my feelings really were. This is something that affects me to this day. I feel extremely uncomfortable during arguments, to the point of shutting down and not saying anything, like a turtle retracting into its shell. I can't stand conflict.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“Well, I'm a slow writer. For me, a good day is a page, maybe a page and a half. I'd love to be more efficient, but I am not.”

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