#lis

I felt that as long as we were being honest, and that we didn't bend the truth to accomplish another goal, to be entertaining or to be a happy ending, I was confident that we'd be able to tell the story the way it happened. ↗

— Ted Demme

#accomplish #another #being #being honest #bend

Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change. ↗

— Andrew Vachss

#democracy #force #journalism #maintains #progressive

We had something to say. Whenever we played, people didn't dance, they listened. ↗

— Ruben Blades

#had #listened #people #played #say

It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all. ↗

— Democritus

#listen #talking #want

Whatever happened to a sense of idealism and embracing an idea that will help people and, in this case, children? ↗

— Rod Blagojevich

#children #embracing #happened #help #help people

The first problem of the media is posed by what does not get translated, or even published in the dominant political languages. ↗

— Jacques Derrida

#dominant #even #first #get #languages

The Israeli military plays more than a critical role in defending the citizens of the Jewish state. It also plays an important social, scientific and psychological role in preparing its young citizens for the challenging task of being Israelis in a difficult world. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

#being #challenging #citizens #critical #critical role

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent. ↗

— Buddha

#diligent #foolish #idle #life #people

Usually a feeling of disappointment follows the book, because what I hoped to write is not what I actually accomplished. However, it becomes a motivation to write the next book. ↗

— Anita Desai

#actually #because #becomes #book #disappointment

Earlier, I used to charge territories instead of my fees as an actor, but I realised it was better to keep the two apart. Now, I take my fees in cash, for acting, and keep the distribution thing separate. ↗

— Ajay Devgan

#actor #apart #better #cash #charge