“The good news is that you don't have to stop thoughts completely to meditate. It takes a long time to stop thought impeccably. What you need is to detach yourself from thought.” NeedsLongMeditationBuddhismNewsLong TimeGood News Author:Frederick Lenz
“If that is what makes us liberals, so be it, just as long as in reporting the news we adhere to the first ideals of good journalism - that news reports must be fair, accurate and unbiased.” IfsFirstsLongNewsFairsIdealsJournalismReportsAccurateUnbiasedGood Journalism Author:Walter Cronkite
“I think the most important thing is to take the long view on things. We live in such a 24/7, Twitter-fed, constant news cycle, and everything's a crisis, everything is terrible, everything is doomsday, everything is - if it doesn't get solved tomorrow, your presidency is going off the rails.” IfsThinkingLongImportantViewsTomorrowTerribleNewsCrisisImportant ThingsConstantCyclesFedsPresidencyRailDoomsday Author:Barack Obama
“I'm very wary of doing political stuff for a lot of reasons. One of the big ones is that the shelf-life for them is not very long, and the joke becomes old news very quickly.” LongReasonBigsPoliticalStuffNewsJokesShelvesShelf LifeOld News Author:Tim Heidecker
“So here you are, in your twenties, thinking that you'll have another 40 years to go. Four decades in which to live long and prosper.Bad news. Read the papers. There are people dropping dead when they're 50, 40, 30 years old. Or quite possibly just after finishing their convocation. They would be very disappointed that they didn't meet their life expectancy.I'm here to tell you this. Forget about your life expectancy.” PeopleThinkingYearsLongWould BeForgetFourPaperNewsTwentiesDecadesDisappointedPapersDroppingFinishingBad NewsExpectancyLife ExpectancyConvocation Author:Adrian Tan