"[W]hat suffers in the atmosphere of immediacy is analysis. What suffers in this search for speed is depth. The media in the wealthy world are becoming increasingly simplistic, superficial, and celebrity-focused."

-- Laurie Garrett

#Media Quotes #Atmosphere Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“The practice of fiction can be dangerous: it puts ideas into the head of the world.”
“I've got too much respect for stand-ups to call myself one.”
“We are not educated well enough to perform the necessary act of intelligently selecting our leaders.”
“I, sort of, got into comedy accidentally, and it got bigger than I wanted it to.”
“I've learned how to be open and bold about my faith, but in terms of my influence, I just try to lead in a godly way. What that means for me is to serve them, whether it's just doing the dirty work, like cleaning up sweat on the floor, or deferring to other people, or carrying equipment bags.”

Source : "Jeremy Lin: Taking Harvard basketball to new levels". StudentSoul Interview, studentsoul.intervarsity.org.
“I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.”
“One's character is set at an early age. The choices you make now will affect you for the rest of your life. I hate to see you swim out so far you can't swim back.”

Source : Wendelin Van Draanen (2008). “Flipped”, p.85, Knopf Books for Young Readers
“Within hours of a tragedy unfolding, journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn. That is reprehensible.”

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