"You're under pressure when you produce facts. You're working with facts in journalism, but you're under all kinds of formal constraints; there are expectations."

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Denis Johnson

#Expectations Quotes #Pressure Quotes #Facts Quotes

“What makes a hero truly great is that they never despair.”
“We are about to make motherhood a crime. No civilized government in the history of mankind has ever done this.”
“The revelations which Joseph Smith has given to this people were given to him by Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world; and this people cannot be blessed if they lightly esteem any of themâ€¦For this purpose did He give the revelation on plurality of wives, as sacred a revelation as was ever given to any people, and fraught with greater blessings to us than we can possibly conceive of, if we do not abuse our privileges and commit sin. This doctrine is a holy and pure principle, in which the power of God for the regeneration of mankind is made manifestâ€¦”
“You exist in time: future, present, and past. This is manifest in life, liberty, and the product of your life and liberty. The exercise of choices over life and liberty is your prosperity. To lose your life is to lose your future. To lose your liberty is to lose your present. And to lose the product of your life and liberty is to lose the portion of your past that produced it.”
“Using governmental force to impose a vision on others is intellectual sloth.”
“For David Halberstam journalism was a calling, not a job. You couldn't fire him and he wouldn't quit.”

Source : "Bill Moyers Journal", www.pbs.org. April 27, 2007.
“I soon gave up instruction for self-teaching”
“To teach kids that creationism explains something about the world is no different than teaching them that the earth is flat.”

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