Alan Rusbridger Quotes
The BBC is almost certainly the best news organisation in the world – the most serious, comprehensive, ethical, accurate, international, wide-ranging, fair and impartial.
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I would like to have my gun for protection.
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I'm innocent. It's a conspiracy by you know who.
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I consider writing as a fine art. We kill it by imposing the alphabet on little children and making it the beginning of learning.
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I am an intelligent drunk because an intelligent drunk carries his liquor with him
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You're never too old to take baby steps.
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The technology is not only the way we change stories, but also changing the relationship to the consumer.
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Don’t grieve for what doesn’t come. Some things that don’t happen keep disasters from happening.
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I think that he Michael Jackson did derive an ultimate sense of joy and satisfaction in what others enjoyed from him that was denied to himself. There's no question that the transcendent art that he created was a means, an instrument, a vehicle for others to experience what he didn't.
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Those who depend on television as their primary information source are condemned to .... A form of political illiteracy.
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I've never really found inspiration for story ideas in the news, but I'd say it certainly affects our lives in so many ways. I would say that certainly the stories of the day appear in the work - I just have never gone so far as to say, well, this particular event could influence a plot of an entire book.
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If a magician makes a mistake, it's sometimes forgiven by the audience. If a gambling cheat makes a mistake, they will almost certainly lose their lives - and probably in a horrible manner.
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Wherever they have been arraigned, a plain charge has been exhibited against them. They have had an impartial trial and have been permitted to make their defense.
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Happiness and high come to you when you choose to live your life consistent with your highest values and your deepest convictions.
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The purpose of art is mystery.
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The madness of depression is, generally speaking, the antithesis of violence. It is a storm indeed, but a storm of murk. Soon evident are the slowed-down responses, near paralysis, psychic energy throttled back close to zero. Ultimately, the body is affected and feels sapped, drained.
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The BBC is almost certainly the best news organisation in the world – the most serious, comprehensive, ethical, accurate, international, wide-ranging, fair and impartial.
