"And it is that one percent, the heads of large corporations, who control the policies of news media and determine what you and I hear on radio, read in the newspapers, see on television. It is more important for us to think about where the media gets its information."

-- Assata Shakur

#Thinking Quotes #Media Quotes #Important Quotes

“It is true I had been successful on a small scale in overcoming one of the main difficulties in the new process, but there was still much to invent, and much that at that period I necessarily knew nothing about.”

Source : Sir Henry Bessemer (1905). “Sir Henry Bessemer, F.R.S.: An autobiography”
“The Sage embraces similarity of understanding and pays no regard to similarity of form. The world in general is attracted by similarity of form, but remains indifferent to similarity of understanding.”
“Do not be a magician - be magic!”

Source : Leonard Cohen (2011). “Beautiful Losers”, p.181, Vintage
“To my father, who told me the stories that matter. To my mother, who taught me to remember them.”

Source : Marita Golden (2008). “Migrations of the Heart: An Autobiography”, p.5, Anchor
“My heart is broken. It really is. All the signs are there. I can't sleep- not even burgers. Every time the phone rings, my pulse leaps... But it's never for me, it's never him.”
“Trust is something that happens within people only when it is created between people.”

Source : Chip R. Bell (2002). “Managers as Mentors: Building Partnerships for Learning”, p.48, Berrett-Koehler Publishers
“I don't give you editorial control. I want to meet you. I want to interview everybody who's ever known you. I want to see your correspondence. I want to see your bank statements. But you will have no control over what I write. That's why I really believe in the unauthorized biography.”
“I don't support direct democracy because I want a life, and that means I want to select people who work for me who do that sort of work for me.”

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