"That first week, I also went to Washington. That was really tough. I sympathize with those Washington figures who have to face 40 Times Washington bureau reporters. They ask hard questions and they're relentless. And they were quite suspicious and quite dubious about me."

-- Daniel Okrent

#Hard Times Quotes #Dubious Quotes #Faces Quotes

“In the midst of global crises such as pollution, wars and famine, kindness may be too easily dismissed as a 'soft' issue, or a luxury to be addressed after the urgent problems are solved. But kindness is the greatest need in all those areas - kindness toward the environment, toward other nations, toward the needs of people who are suffering. Until we reflect basic kindness in everything we do, our political gestures will be fleeting and fragile.”
“evidence without ideas is more valuable than ideas without evidence.”

Source : E.C.R. Lorac (2015). “Murder by Matchlight”, p.25, Courier Dover Publications
“Majority doesn't rule. One person can change the history of the world.”
“We should not mourn for men of high ideals. Rather we should rejoice that we had the privilege of having had them with us, to inspire us by their radiant personalities.”
“Consciousness ... is the phenomenon whereby the universe's very existence is made known.”

Source : Roger Penrose (1999). “The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics”, p.580, OUP Oxford
“Humor is a good way in general to get people together, I think. Of course, Danish humor is more ironic and sarcastic altogether.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Metaphors get under your skin by ghosting right past the logical mind.”
“Every time I try to retire, or even think of retiring from acting, my agent comes up with a script.”

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