Marie Colvin quotes
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“We always have to ask ourselves whether the level of risk is worth the story. What is bravery, and what is bravado?”
-- Marie ColvinSource : "Opinion: Colvin fought injustice, armed only with words and images" by Hannah Storm, www.cnn.com. February 23, 2012.
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“Despite all the videos you see from the Ministry of Defence or the Pentagon, and all the sanitised language describing smart bombs and pinpoint strikes, the scene on the ground has remained remarkably the same for hundreds of years. Craters. Burned houses. Mutilated bodies. Women weeping for children and husbands. Men for their wives, mothers children.”
-- Marie ColvinSource : "Marie Colvin: 'Our mission is to report these horrors of war with accuracy and without prejudice'" by Marie Colvin, www.theguardian.com. February 22, 2012.
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“... war reporting is still essentially the same - someone has to go there and see what is happening. You can't get that information without going to places where people are being shot at, and others are shooting at you. The real difficulty is having enough faith in humanity to believe that enough people, be they government, military or the man on the street, will care when your file reaches the printed page, the website or the TV screen.”
-- Marie ColvinSource : "A war reporter in Homs is worth any amount of outrage on Facebook" by Peter Preston, www.theguardian.com. February 25, 2012.
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“Be passionate and be involved in what you believe in, and do it as thoroughly and honestly and fearlessly as you can.”
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“Our mission is to report these horrors of war with accuracy and without prejudice. We always have to ask ourselves whether the level of risk is worth the story. What is bravery, and what is bravado? Journalists covering combat shoulder great responsibilities and face difficult choices. Sometimes they pay the ultimate price.”
-- Marie ColvinSource : Speech at St Bride's church, www.theguardian.com. November 2010.
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“Our mission is to report these horrors of war with accuracy and without prejudice,”
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“Our mission is to speak the truth to power. We send home that first rough draft of history. We can and do make a difference in exposing the horrors of war and especially the atrocities that befall civilians.”
-- Marie ColvinSource : "Marie Colvin: 'Our mission is to report these horrors of war with accuracy and without prejudice'" by Marie Colvin, www.theguardian.com. February 22, 2012.
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“Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.”
Source : Alan Alda (2009). “Things I Overheard While Talking To Myself”, p.21, Random House
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Source : Anne Ursu (2009). “The Immortal Fire”, p.398, Simon and Schuster
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“The world is not limited by IQ. We are all limited by bravery and creativity.”
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“I think I've reduced the amount of blood in my caffeine system to an acceptable level.”
Source : Alastair Reynolds (2002). “Revelation Space”, p.30, Penguin
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