Nationalism does nothing but teach you how to hate people that you never met. - Doug Stanhope
"What if we are wrong about climate change, and we create a better world for nothing?" - Anonymous
"Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light." — Joseph Pulitzer
Artwork by Steve Powers
“When we come to it We, this people, on this wayward, floating body Created on this earth, of this earth Have the power to fashion for this earth A climate where every man and every woman Can live freely without sanctimonious piety Without crippling fear
When we come to it We must confess that we are the possible We are the miraculous, the true wonder of this world That is when, and only when We come to it.”
- Excerpt from Maya Angelou’s “A Brave and Startling Truth”
Artwork - Kerry James Marshall
I've wasted the greater part of my life looking for money. It's about 2% movie-making and 98% hustling.
— Orson Welles
Image: Warrior of the Worlds, a graphic novel series that finds the filmmaker leading a double life as he battles alien invaders, Scout Comics.
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” - Ancient Chinese Proverb
Illustration: Julia Pott
“The greatest threat to democracy would never be an outside enemy but rather malefactors of great wealth who would steal our democracy from within”. - Franklin D. Roosevelt
Illustration by Edel Rodriguez
This is the beginning of the healing from the addiction – the addiction to oil, the addiction to consumerism, the addiction to that lifestyle which leaves you strung out, feeling miserable and lonely. There is more work to be done. - Doug Good Feather
“What if we are wrong about climate change, and we create a better world for nothing?” - Anonymous
"[The news] is like that friend you have — who always sees the worst in everything. You go out for coffee and feel empty afterward. Finally, you stop going. So what would be better? I make the case for routinely and systematically reporting out hope, agency and dignity in every story." — Amanda Ripley https://www.amandaripley.com/blog/i-have-a-secret-i-hid-it-for-years
Words and images of others I find idiocyncratic, intriguing and inspirational.
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