"Journalism has always existed in two different realities . . . the economic marketplace and [the] special institution to serve the public interest. The traditional balance between those two has become destabilized. Economic reality has taken over."

-- Joan Konner

#Taken Quotes #Reality Quotes #Two Quotes

“With my solo music, often it's just about looking for interesting sounds that may or may not resonate emotionally.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“The only use for a knife during a shark attack is pure treachery: Stab your buddy, swim like hell, and hope the munchies take him.”
“I was not a writer to begin with; I was a listener.”

Source : Erskine Caldwell (1988). “Conversations with Erskine Caldwell”, p.181, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“Work finally begins when the fear of doing nothing exceeds the fear of doing it badly.”

Source : Twitter post from Mar 26, 2015
“It is slightly chilling to realize there are rational, functional people up there employed to spot, nurture, and exploit those down here among us who are irrational and can barely cope. If you want to know how stupid youâ€™re perceived to be by the people up there, count the unsolicited junk mail you receive. If you get a lot, youâ€™re perceived to be alluringly stupid.”
“So what it boils down to, in my humble opinion, is that we need to support the arts in schools, and at every other level in the education of children.”
“No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.”
“Euripides says,-Who knows but that this life is really death,And whether death is not what men call life?”

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