Read quote“When I’m working, I just want to get to the truth—that’s the struggle.”
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Read quote“I have not traveled to be rich, to be learned, or to entertain myself.”
Read quote“the lives of the saints.”
Read quote“Remembering is not the re-excitation of innumerable fixed, lifeless and fragmentary traces.”
Read quote“El periodismo sin su función social no tiene razón de ser.”
Read quote“Moi, même si je partais 1000 fois à La Mecque, je vais animer 1000 fois.”
Read quote“余家种蔓菁三四年，亦未尝变为菘也！”
Read quote“There is a human instinct to tell the truth and to discover the truth, so journalism will always be there.”
Read quote“The important thing now is that in the conversation with the Australian people, we can only appeal to goodness.”
Read quote“This step today will be followed by many others in days to come. The many steps will gradually erase this forbidden line. The wall will fall.”
Read quote“All I can do is make the art and perform it with conviction.”
Read quote“Today, we mark the end of one journey, as we embark on the beginning of another.”
Read quote“I have rarely written in the same room with anyone.”
Read quote“It was the proudest moment of my life to appear before my sovereign, for I am British-born, hailing from the Bahamas.”
Read quote“Nos reinventaremos. Todos seremos pequeños empresarios.”
Read quote“全部自分の責任ってところでちょっと時間がかかっちゃいましたね。”
Read quote“You got to demand what you deserve in this society, or else you will not be served.”
Read quote“Democracy is our only choice.”
Read quote“Comedy is also teamwork.”
Read quote“A human rights activist has to be stubborn… it’s not your dignity, [you’re] fighting for other’s dignity.”