"To narrate is to give oneself: it seems obvious that literature, as an effort to communicate fully, will continue to be blocked so long as misery and illiteracy exist, and so long as the possessors of power continue to carry on with impunity their policy of collective imbecilization through the mass media."

-- Eduardo Galeano

#Media Quotes #Long Quotes #Giving Quotes

“I went to the local schools, the local state primary school, and then to the local grammar school. A secondary school, which technically was an independent school, it was not part of the state educational system.”
“In the midst of regular life, running is the touchstone that breathes adventure into my soul.”
“Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things. We do it, not with desire, but with letting go. If you want anything, you wont find it.”
“The immediate is often the enemy of the ultimate.”
“Women are not supposed to have uteruses, especially in poems.”
“All I want is for people not to see me as this cartoon monster.”
“I grew up going to church three times a week in my family. It's been a center of my life.”
“Reaching into someone else's pocket to assist one's fellow man hardly qualifies as charity.”

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