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"If you want to reach the sky you better learn how to kneel."

Sun, 07 Nov 2010 12:17:25 +0100

“If you want to reach the sky you better learn how to kneel.”

"Out of all silences I like yours best."

Sun, 10 Oct 2010 20:51:00 +0200

“Out of all silences I like yours best.”

"Editor: a person employed by a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff,..."

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:42:04 +0200

“Editor: a person employed by a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed.”

- American writer and philosopher Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915).

"In exchange for your long hours and tireless efforts you will be rewarded with low pay and marginal..."

Sun, 03 Oct 2010 14:14:13 +0200

“In exchange for your long hours and tireless efforts you will be rewarded with low pay and marginal health insurance.”

- Some desperate jaded soul at JournalismJobs.com (via fuckyeahjournalism)

Autumn

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 15:59:57 +0200

Autumn

"Everybody’s worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there is a really easy way: stop..."

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 15:52:58 +0200

“Everybody’s worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there is a really easy way: stop participating in it.”

- Noam Chomsky

"Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks..."

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 06:34:04 +0200

“Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.”

- Jim Morrison

(via copyclique)

I love New York

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 21:09:00 +0200

I love New York

11 rules of writing

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:51:11 +0200

11 rules of writing

"I am the most powerful man in the world, but great power does not mean much except great..."

Sun, 12 Sep 2010 12:30:20 +0200

“I am the most powerful man in the world, but great power does not mean much except great limitations.”

- Former American president Calvin Coolidge, 1923-1929.

The 100 Greatest Movie Insults of All Time

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:05:57 +0200

The 100 Greatest Movie Insults of All Time

"All is fair in love and war."

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:49:18 +0200

“All is fair in love and war.”

- English novelist Francis Edward Smedley in “Frank Fairleigh”, 1850.

"I’m not afraid of death, I just don’t want to be there when it happens."

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:18:19 +0200

“I’m not afraid of death, I just don’t want to be there when it happens.”

- Woody Allen

Video

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:11:12 +0200

Tony Blair: "George Bush did not recognise Belgian prime minister"

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:39:00 +0200

Tony Blair: "George Bush did not recognise Belgian prime minister":

Because Blair handled it all so well himself.

Embracing original content | American Journalism Review

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:30:34 +0200

Embracing original content | American Journalism Review:

The fall of web portals, like AOL and Yahoo!, causes them to focus more on content.

Both online news operations have grown so much in recent months that AOL sports columnist Kevin Blackistone, a former columnist for the Dallas Morning News, says he encounters rivals from Yahoo! as frequently as newspaper and broadcast journalists. He said he ran into three Yahoo! sports staffers when he was in Johannesburg this summer covering the World Cup.

Dear Co-Worker,

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:21:55 +0200

Dear Co-Worker, :

Hi there. I noticed you don’t wear your wedding ring anymore. It’s been six months since you have, yet nobody else at the office seems to have noticed this change. They still ask something about your wife every once in awhile and you give them a fake smile while shortly answering their questions….

Stuff Journalists Like

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:06:30 +0200

Stuff Journalists Like:

(via studentjournalist)

"I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the..."

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:10:57 +0200

“I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.”

- Oscar Wilde

I was a bitch today.

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:14:17 +0200

That’s what you get when you’re making me play tennis in the rain. When I’m wearing A WHITE T-SHIRT.