"Children will watch anything, and when a broadcaster uses crime and violence and other shoddy devices to monopolize a child's attention, it's worse than taking candy from a baby. It is taking precious time from the process of growing up."

-- Newton N. Minow

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“If your decision-making is improved on the ground, certainly you'll be less likely to make the kind of errors that will linger with you the rest of your life and lead to regret, remorse, and a whole cascade of psychological dysfunction.”

Source : Source: www.gq.com
“Blessed are the uncool; for they shall be happy without needing the approval of others.”
“I don't know where to start," one [writing student] will wail. Start with your childhood, I tell them. Plug your nose and jump in, and write down all your memories as truthfully as you can. Flannery O' Connor said that anyone who has survived childhood has enough material to write for the rest of his or her life. Maybe your childhood was grim and horrible, but grim and horrible is Okay if it is well done. Don't worry about doing it well yet, though. Just get it down.”
“Theory without practice is of little value, whereas practice is the proof of theory.Theory is the knowledge, practice the ability.”
“Alliteration seems to offend people.”
“Art hurts. Art urges voyages - and it is easier to stay at home.”

Source : Gwendolyn Brooks (2005). “The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks”, p.109, Library of America
“I love hard punch lines, and I like anything that has a strong point of view.”
“Being a writer means crying over the sad parts, even though you already know itâ€™s going to be okay.”

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