Vera Brittain Quotes
The tragedy of journalism lies in its impermanence; the very topicality which gives it brilliance condemns it to an early death. Too often it is a process of flinging bright balloons in the path of the hurricane, a casting of priceless petals upon the rushing surface of a stream.
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When I show a film at a festival, I am showing myself. Everything is at stake for me.
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I ended up going to college for visual arts but moved up to New York after I graduated from college in 2006 and started going gung ho to the Upright Citizens Brigade, and I realized that that was what I was really interested in and what I really wanted to do.
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Democracy should be practiced not every six years, but every day.
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I think in this, definitely, because you are feeling how it felt to live in a completely different time. The mannerisms and the way that people behaved was quite different.
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I'm a believer in things happening for a reason.
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China's one-child policy was born in 1980, after years of less severe measures to discourage births. The Communist Party promised that the policy would be temporary.
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I was tempted my junior year to go out of college and forgo my eligibility. I had broken several world records. I did have a lot of people telling me that I should go pro.
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I often look at places and kind of mentally convert them to fantasy versions of themselves.
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Successful ventures in business or philanthropy are built around great teams who can help us overcome tremendous challenges - and have the right experiences and relationships to do so.
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A gentleman is simply a patient wolf.
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A Russia that gradually begins to gravitate toward the West will also be a Russia that ceases to disrupt the international system.
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I do myself up kind of like a doll. I have a doll collection and I look at their outfits and kind of imitate them.
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I can't design anything unless I'm excited by it, meaning I have an urge to wear it.
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As God commands us men to teach your wife, to teach your children - to be the spiritual leader of your family - you're acting as a priest. Now, unfortunately, unfortunately, in too many Christian homes, the role of the priest is assumed by the wife.
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I'm more interested in photographing people who have done something, like writers or directors - even billionaires - as long as I can study them before I photograph them.
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People from the most horrendous of childhoods can have good lives, but it comes down to a very seemingly simple word. 'Choice.'
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As an athlete, you only have so much time. The window only has so much time and then it closes. You have to take care of yourself the best you can.
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The media has changed. We now give broadcast licenses to philosophies instead of people. People get confused and think there is no difference between news and entertainment. People who project themselves as journalists on television don't know the first thing about journalism. They are just there stirring up a hockey game.
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Wanda: But you think you’re an intellectual, don’t you, ape? Otto: Apes don’t read philosophy. Wanda: Yes, they do, Otto. They just don’t understand it. A Fish Called Wanda (1988) One cannot help but think of A Fish Called Wanda when one reads Richard Dawkins’s The God Delusion; or at least I can’t.
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Acceptance by government of a dissident press is a measure of the maturity of a nation.
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I know that there are many things I could do, but I'm not interested. It's more important to be loving and to have a lively mind.
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The tragedy of journalism lies in its impermanence; the very topicality which gives it brilliance condemns it to an early death. Too often it is a process of flinging bright balloons in the path of the hurricane, a casting of priceless petals upon the rushing surface of a stream.
