I got into journalism not to be a journalist but to try to change American foreign policy. I'm a corny person. I was a dreamer predating my journalistic life, so I got into journalism as a means to try to change the world.
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Christian is to let other people know what Jesus has done, not to
think of themselve... LEWIS N. ROE Naturalistic atheism debunks itself. It
has no power to explain even some
of the most basic principl... LEWIS N. ROE It's important to understand that if
someone calls themselves a Christian, it does not automatically... LEWIS N. ROE The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m... ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt... ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank... ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ... ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate... ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ... ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices. ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag... ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future. ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea... ANDREW TO Plunging in “truths” about God is like walking on the bottom of a sea that is not there, searchi... MARIANA FULGER Get this (economic plan) passed. Later on, we can all debate it. , TO NEW HAMPSHIRE LEGISLATORS Never be depressed about something you have the power to change. JACEY R. FOLEY A tooth for a tooth, will make the world's inhabitants a people without teeth SOTONYE ANGA Why, darling, I don't live at all when I'm not with you. ERNEST HEMINGWAY The atheist might have
no proof for the
supernatural, but they
also have no proof
against it. If we ... LEWIS N. ROE He said we were all cooked but we were all right as long as we did not know it. We were all cooked. ... ERNEST HEMINGWAY After Rilke's Letters -- by John VanDyke Wilmerding II this is my letter to a young ... RAINER MARIA RILKE Yes, their reasons are overwhelming. They are as big as hope and as deep as revolt. They are the rea... ALBERT CAMUS …A city deprived of everything, devoid of light and devoid of heat, starved, and still not crushed... ALBERT CAMUS Words always take on the color of the deeds or sacrifices they evoke. ALBERT CAMUS No, no. Don't make that face. Every time I propose to you, you make that twisty, unhappy face. It we... TESSA DARE Atticus---" ...said Jem bleakly. "How could they do it, how could they?" "I don't know, but the... HARPER LEE Learn to stand for something in life otherwise you will fall for anything that comes along which is ... EUGINIA HERLIHY We are born different to make a difference. LISA R. REYNOLDS Dreams can change histories and songs can alter destinies. TIFFANIE DEBARTOLO I didn't go into journalism thinking it would solidify my identity. I did it because I needed to... ALEX TIZON How to be a Poet (to remind myself) Make a place to sit down. Sit down. Be quiet. <... WENDELL BERRY Even though I'm really into fashion, I'm into fashion as a means of creative expression. I d... MUSIQ SOULCHILD When we hear of people not surviving in this world it should make us more glad that we are alive .We... GARY F EVANS... The scientific method gives us
information by testing and repeating observable things so that we
can... LEWIS N. ROE To be, or not to be, that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE In the real world, they told you who to be, not the other way around. RHODA BELLEZA Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT Opportunities pop up for everybody all of the time. It's the way that we progress. It's whether or n... BEN BROWN As far back as history records people thinking, thinking people
have been befuddled by the mysteries... LEWIS N. ROE The sad heart needs work to do. JOAN BAUER There are things we never tell anyone. We want to but we can’t. So we write them down. Or we paint... TIFFANIE DEBARTOLO Before we do, I suggest you take a break. If you need to go to the bathroom, this is a good time. If... PSEUDONYMOUS BOSCH Whether you say that a god does exist, or that none do, it is a claim
to know (or at least believe i... LEWIS N. ROE This land on which so many centuries have left their mark is merely an obligatory retreat for you, w... ALBERT CAMUS And despite the clamors and the violence, we tried to preserve in our hearts the memory of a happy s... ALBERT CAMUS And for five years it was no longer possible to enjoy the call of birds in the cool of the evening. ... ALBERT CAMUS You never believed in the meaning of this world, and you therefore deduced the idea that everything ... ALBERT CAMUS The hopeless hope is what sustains us in difficult moments; our comrades will be more patient than t... ALBERT CAMUS …Having been, not only mutilated in our country, wounded in our very flesh, but also divested of o... ALBERT CAMUS For all those landscapes, those flowers and those plowed fields, the oldest of lands, show you every... ALBERT CAMUS In raining bullets on those silent faces, already turned away from this world, you think you are dis... ALBERT CAMUS He pressed a kiss to her forehead. “Ye be a sight for sore eyes, lass,” he told her. “But we�... SUZAN TISDALE Why waste your time being depressed about something you have the power to change? JACEY R. FOLEY When people begin to define the things that they believe in, based upon the exclusion of all the thi... C. JOYBELL C. I hate that just because you happen to be good at something,people automatically think that's what m... AMBER SMITH I never did any training in journalism or in finance, so I really was in the deep end. I got very go... SOPHIE KINSELLA I'm not an advocacy journalist - that's not what I do. My role in journalism is to be able t... CHARLIE ROSE To be or not to be. That's not really a question. JEAN-LUC GODARD I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C. I want to go to college to study journalism. I want to speak French fluently, to travel. My mom was ... MANDY MOORE As a standup, I try to change the world. As an entertainer, I try to entertain. And as a lesbian, I ... LEA DELARIA To be a success, you have to break down your wall of fear that you built around you to protect yours... DEBASISH MRIDHA I'm new to the Twitterverse and so I'm attempting to build my followers. I'm trying to b... ERIC LADIN Remember that yours is not the only heart that may be wishing for love. CAMERON DOKEY To be lazy is stupid, to be a muscle machine is a crazy thing... and how far we go or father we all ... DEYTH BANGER Is it just me, or do you also think this is unnatural behavior in a female parent? Isn't there a fed... ANN EDWARDS CANNON Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ... FEREIDOON YAZDI Have you not reason then to be ashamed and to forbear this filthy novelty, so basely grounded, so fo... JAMES VI & I He doesn’t like making others uncomfortable.” -Helen to Sophia about Alistair ELIZABETH HOYT She leaned forward, her gaze so intense that Helen wanted to look away. “And I love him more for i... ELIZABETH HOYT Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the ‘transcendent’ and all who invite you to subo... CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS Having been shown the possibility that God exists, the atheist has
chosen not to accept it. They hav... LEWIS N. ROE The claim to know that no god exists is just irrational. The non-existence of any god has no evidenc... LEWIS N. ROE We cherish martyrs not because they died for truth, but because they died for what they believed in ... BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA Ninguém o pode aconselhar ou ajudar, — ninguém. Não há senão um caminho. Procure entrar ... RAINER MARIA RILKE You rarely win, but sometimes you do. HARPER LEE I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England. ELIZABETH I (SPOKEN TO HER PARLAMENT) I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term w... TOM STOPPARD I needed my life as a springboard for my fiction. I have to have something solid under my feet when ... PHILIP ROTH I had a lot of jobs before I got into music. When I was 15, I was a copy boy for the 'Evening Ch... MARK KNOPFLER Have the courage to let some go, and sacrifice for some to stay; thus, live and make life your own w... MOHAMMED ALI BAPIR Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind, and when the same thought occurs to another ... RALPH WALDO EMERSON I'm not a plastic surgeon, and I cannot change the DNA of a person, but when I see a woman try o... ALBER ELBAZ It takes a CONSTANT flowing of gas from the cylinder to keep the fire burning under your pot. “WOO... OLAOTAN FAWEHINMI Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _... GEORGE MACDONALD
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