#ted

The term propaganda rings melodramatic and exaggerated, but a press that—whether from fear, careerism, or conviction—uncritically recites false government claims and reports them as fact, or treats elected officials with a reverence reserved for royalty, cannot be accurately described as engaged in any other function. ↗

— Glenn Greenwald

#fear #iraq-war #journalism #lies #media

I do not suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

#misattributed #misattributed-to-poe #insanity

If you run out of ideas follow the road; you'll get there ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

#misattributed-to-poe #persistence #persistence

Unless government appropriately regulates oil developments and holds oil executives accountable, the public will not trust them to drill, baby, drill. And we must! ↗

— Sarah Palin

#environmental-degradation #government #oil #regulation #united-states

A blank page is no empty space. It is brimming with potential... It is a masterpiece in waiting -- yours. ↗

— A.A. Patawaran

#getting-started #writing-craft #writing-craft

Then you can blame it on your parents,' I said, smiling. 'Won't that be a relief? ↗

— Richard Bachman

#decker #jones #rage #stephen-king #taunt

I came hoping to see those eyes, but instead I return with my heart, leaving behind only flowers. ↗

— Kim Dong Hwa

#flowers #love #symbols #unrequited-love #unrequited-love

We've done so much together, wherever I go and whatever I see, I think of you. Newborn babies; the pattern on the plate that you can see under a paper-thin slice of sashimi; fireworks in August. The moon hidden behind the clouds over the ocean at night. When I'm sitting down someplace, inadvertently stepping on someone's toes, and have to apologize. And when someone picks up something I've dropped, and I thank him. When I see an elderly man tottering along,and wonder how much longer he has to live. Dogs and cats peeking out from alleyways. A beautiful view from a tall building. The warm blast of air you feel when you go down into a subway station. The phone ringing in the middle of the night. Even when I have crushes on other men, I always see you in the curve of their eyebrows." "Yet I must remain calm, detached. It's a little like trying to ignore a plate of delicious food when you're really hungry. When it beckons you, there's no problem with enjoying the aroma and appreciating it with your eyes, but at some point you have to separate yourself and realize, like a professional waiter does, that it's not your own. It's my job to ignore those plates heaped with delicious morsels and just carry them where they need to go. ↗

— Banana Yoshimoto

#beauty

What's a bigger mystery box than a movie theater? You go to the theater, you're just so excited to see anything - the moment the lights go down is often the best part. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#best #bigger #box #down #excited

Vlad made a sound too harsh to be a growl. "You won't be satisfied until you've brought me to my knees, is that it?" "Why not?" It shot out of me with all the recklessness of my still-broken heart. "You brought me to mine. ↗

— Jeaniene Frost

#vlad #broken-hearted-quotes