#rna

Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#internal #language #mechanical #outcome #thought

Journalism never admits that nothing much is happening. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#journalism #much #never #nothing

The matter of international relations is very subtle and exquisite. ↗

— Vladimir Zhirinovsky

#international #international relations #matter #relations #subtle

Sure, some journalists use anonymous sources just because they're lazy and I think editors ought to insist on more precise identification even if they remain anonymous. ↗

— Ben Bradlee

#because #editors #even #i #i think

Before the war there were many who were more or less ignorant of the international labor movement but who nevertheless turned to it for salvation when the threat of war arose. They hoped that the workers would never permit a war. ↗

— Hjalmar Branting

#before #hoped #ignorant #international #labor

You’re sorry? I damn near drank myself to death, I could barely get out of bed, I shattered my phone into a million pieces on New Year’s Eve to keep from calling you … and you’re sorry?” I bit my lip and nodded, ashamed. I had no idea what he’d been through, and hearing his say the words made sharp pain twist inside my chest. “I’m so … so sorry.” “You’re forgiven,” he said with a grin. “Don’t ever do it again.” “I won’t. I promise.” He flashed his dimple and shook his head. “I fucking love you. ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#beautiful-disaster #forgiven #jamie-mcguire #love #sweet

Death is frightening, and so is Eternal Life. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#eternal #eternal life #frightening #life

It's all a sham: I have seen, and I know firsthand, indeed from my own pen, how the organized Right has sabotaged not only journalism but also democracy and truth. ↗

— David Brock

#democracy #firsthand #how #i #indeed

You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world. ↗

— Tom Brokaw

#alternative #ask #change #change the world #degree

Speaking generally, people who are drawn to journalism are interested in what happens from the ground up less than they are from the top down. ↗

— Tom Brokaw

#drawn #generally #ground #happens #interested