The why is what makes journalism an adult game. The why is what makes policy coherent and useful. The why is what transforms bureaucrats and foot soldiers and political leaders into viable instruments of rational and affirmative change. The why is everything and without it, the very suggestion of human progress becomes a cosmic joke. David Simon
Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.
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Joseph Campbell
Never justify someones wrong action, without them apologizing first & admitting their wrongs. If you do. You are not making them better, but you are making them worse on the bad things they do.
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Unknown
If you have influence on other people. Dont be influenced by their hate, money, jealousy, anger and popularity .
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Unknown
I dont celebrate any friendship that was build on hate, because we share the common enemy.
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Unknown
Children are no longer being parented, but are raised. Thats why they don't have morals, ethics, humanity and manners, because their parents neglected them. We now live in a society that doesnt care about right or wrong.
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Unknown
More Quotes By David Simon
That's the myth of it, the required lie that allows us to render our judgments. Parasites, criminals, dope fiends, dope peddlers, whores--when we can ride past them at Fayette and Monroe, car doors locked, our field of vision cautiously restricted to the road ahead, then...
If a drug dealer falls in West Baltimore and no one is there to hear him, does he make a sound?
If the case isn't plea bargained, dismissed or placed on the inactive docket for an indefinite period of time, if by some perverse twist of fate it becomes a trial by jury, you will then have the opportunity of sitting on the witness stand and...
One of the sad things about contemporary journalism is that it actually matters very little. The world now is almost inured to the power of journalism. The best journalism would manage to outrage people. And people are less and less inclined to outrage.
A little anger is a good thing if it isn't on your own behalf, if it's for others deserving of your anger, your empathy.
