quotes about Philanthropic

“Whether that's questioning the dominant opinion of the day, the conventional wisdom of the day, or whether it's questioning the policies that come out of Washington, or out of our government, generally, I think media's job is to look at it and say, "What's really going on here? What's the story behind what you see?"”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com

“I'm sad to say that stardom is a commodity in our culture.”

Source : Interview with Randy Shulman, www.metroweekly.com. June 7, 2006.

“The Body Shop Foundation is run by our staff and supports social activism and environmental activism. We don't tend to support big agencies.”

“There is no compensation for the woman who feels that the chief relation of her life has been no more than a mistake. She has lost her crown. The deepest secret of human blessedness has half whispered itself to her, and then forever passed her by.”

“Sometimes the hitter get a hit, sometimes I strike them out, but in niether case does anyone die.”

“The true artist is quite rational as well as imaginative and knows what he is doing; if he does not, his art suffers.”

“Better rooms better furniture, better objects d'art can only be created for a society interested in living - not existing.”

“My name's Jean Tannen, and I'm the ambush.”

Source : Scott Lynch (2006). “The Lies of Locke Lamora”, p.291, Spectra

“I don't think about other people. If I did, I'd wanna compete. But I don't think like that, because I'm above everybody.”

“Nowadays, I know the true reason I read is to feel less alone, to make a connection with a consciousness other than my own.”

Source : "Brave, Brainy, Changeable - Zadie Smith Revealed" by Heller McAlpin, www.npr.org. November 11, 2009.