Michela Wrong
“‘Use a condom’, and ‘Don’t eat any salads’. I think that’s the best advice you can give anyone in Africa. “ After nearly 19 years reporting on some of the most dire situations in Africa, it’s great to see that British journalist and author Michela Wrong still has a sense of humour. As a...
Michael Coogan
“I’ve had emails saying that I’m from Satan, and that I’m doomed to hell, but that goes with the territory.” The Bible is one of the world’s most popular, and controversial books. When you decide to dedicate your whole life to analyzing, interpreting, and drawing new conclusions...
David Yanagizawa-Drott
“Like most researchers, I’m driven by some fundamental curiosity of how the world works…The greater goal of that is how can we use that knowledge to change public policy, and change life conditions on earth. Where that comes from, who knows?” When you finish your Ph.D, and Harvard University wants you on staff, you...
Peter Greste
“You break down every major conflict on this continent, and you’ll find at the very root of it the same thing. I think that’s one of the things, collectively, journalists have let the world down in. It’s been lazy, cliche journalism that has led to some gross misunderstanding of what’s going on here.” Bulletproof...
Henry Rollins
“My prolific and deeply flawed utterances over the decades may have perhaps found a resonance with others who can sift through the run-on sentences, and tense inconsistencies to dig where I am coming from. Perhaps they can see that they are not the only one who feels frequently out of step with the rest of...
Andrew Scott
Artwork by: Graeme Kennedy “When you’re young and impressionable, you pick your models…It’s like a candy store. There’s no such thing as originality. If you’re striving for it, you’re a bloody idiot!” Save for a number of African dictators, hardly anything seems to last more than 20 years these days. However, there is one other...
David Bazan
“The pretense of it just makes it false. That it is ostensibly promoting Jesus’ teaching makes it even more laughable. The commodification of that message in a really unimaginative way, in which it gets sloganized over and over again, is just pathetic. I just don’t even rate it. It’s the lowest form of expression, I...
Bruce Buffer
“There’s no difference between us and the golden arches of McDonald’s. This is what America was built on: private enterprise, and people that want to be the two percent out there, not just the ninety-eight percent that think about it, but the two percent that get it done, and make the most money in the...
Paul Collier
“The idea that the World Bank is some sort of right-wing American institution set to serve the Western policy to crash Africa is a fantasy that collides against the reality of the people actually making these policies…It’s sort of a convenient whipping boy for people’s fantasies.” When it comes to academics and authors who command...
Robert Garcia
“When you’re in the ring fighting you don’t feel pain. You could get cut, break your nose, have your jaw broken; you keep fighting…You’ll feel it the next day though!” Humble. Polite. Honest. These may not typically be the characteristics one associates with individuals who make a living off professional fighting , but they perfectly...
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