"Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change."

-- Andrew Vachss

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“The determination and conviction to succeed can only come from within.”
“The experience of having a child does crack you wide open. I felt like I suddenly had to rebuild the skin that I'd grown over the years before having a child. Perhaps that might be quite interesting in terms of acting.”
“Books aren't like broccoli. You don't have to eat it because it's good for you. Books drag you in because they are fascinating.”
“Sometimes you just stumble into something that works, and here I am a quarter of a century later.”
“At the time we acquired Viacom, everyone said I had overpaid. But even at today's depressed prices, that investment is worth billions. Everyone was saying MTV was a fad. I knew better.”
“People always talk about good time rock and roll, Chuck Berry or whatever, like this liberating force for feeling good. But what I need in my life is to be liberated into feeling bad. Not sad. I have plenty of sad. What I need is a place where I can spray anger in sparks like a gnarled piece of electrical cable. Just be mad at stuff and soak in the helplessness.”
“Markets can influence the events that they anticipate.”
“The word 'definition' has come to have a dangerously reassuring sound, owing no doubt to its frequent occurrence in logical and mathematical writings.”

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