Quotes tagged ‘Current Events’

“Most of the headlines just basically talked about rich kids or influencers who went and got stuck on an island — to me, that felt like a very one-dimensional story. I was interested to see if there was something else there. I was interested in trying to put a human face on the story and take you on…”

— Tim Grierson, melmagazine.com

“The sky turning an eerie fluorescent blue is cause for plenty of alarm, whether or not you’re high, and plenty of New Yorkers reportedly began packing go bags. Others, however, decided that they just had to get a few tweets off before the blue light consumed bodies and the world descended into darkn…”

— Ella Cerón, thecut.com

“There have been more mass school-shooting deaths in the past 18 years than in all of the 20th century. The long list of casualties includes a classroom full of first-graders, an event that shocked the nation — but not enough.”

— Jared Soule, Amelia Schonbek, nymag.com

“Archaeologists have harnessed sophisticated technology to reveal lost cities and thousands of ancient structures deep in the Guatemalan jungle, confirming that the Maya civilization was much larger than previously thought.”

— James Rogers, msn.com

“Asked why the prime minister was not making the analysis public, a DExEU source told BuzzFeed News: "Because it's embarrassing."”

— Alberto Nardelli, buzzfeed.com

“You may find it harsh that you are here listening, but nothing is as harsh as what your victims endured for thousands of hours at your hands.”

— Rosemarie Aquilina, upworthy.com

“The Philippines has formally rejected €6.1 million (₱382.45 million) in aid from the European Union. Another ₱2.4 billion (€39 million) in sustainable energy projects may also be rejected by the government.”

— CNN Philippines Staff, cnnphilippines.com

“Around Saudi 300 women were able to attend their first football match ever on Friday, a historic move in the kingdom and a step forward for women's rights.”

— Clea Broadhurst, en.rfi.fr

“The Philippines ordered the closing on Monday of an independent online news site that has been critical of President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration, prompting protests from industry groups who called the move an attack on press freedom.”

— Felipe Villamor, nytimes.com

“New chairman of Trump EPA science board says air quality in the US is too clean for optimal health.”

— The Hill, twitter.com

“It’s so sad to see a pop star like Lorde going over to the dark side of bigotry and antisemitism at such a young age. Even more hypocritical was her announcement that she would be keeping her engagements in Putin’s Russia, that global font of Nobel-prize grade humanitarianism. Lorde’s decision to pl…”

— Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, breitbart.com

“YouTube’s prank culture emphasizes shock value. Its deep culture of veneration among fans creates an insular, often accountability-proof bubble around its biggest stars. When those stars have earned large fortunes by creating content that violates the personal space and consent of other members of t…”

— Aja Romano, vox.com

““We’ve really screwed up. There’s been this desire from the industry to be as fast as possible and secure at the same time. Spectre shows that you cannot have both. This will be a festering problem over hardware life cycles. It’s not going to change tomorrow or the day after. It’s going to take a wh…”

— Paul Kocher, nytimes.com

“After reflection, I have decided not to seek a second four-year term. To do so, in the current geopolitical context, might involve bending a knee in supplication; muting a statement of advocacy; lessening the independence and integrity of my voice — which is your voice.”

— Zeid Ra’ad Hussein, foreignpolicy.com

“From the Fast and the Furious to the disappearance of Flight 470 starring unidentified passengers, 33 gone in northwest Kenya post-civil war violence in Libya, Syria the Iraq insurgency, the insurgency in Ukraine, Pakistan, Nigeria a multitude in Mexico made anonymous in the movies, all of us... ...…”

— Chris Campanioni, amazon.com

“I was reminded that Trump was still fundamentally a real estate developer with exactly zero previous campaign experience, who had gotten this far by spending only a fraction of what his opponents had and against the wishes of his party — who was as new to the idea of a Trump candidacy as the rest of…”

— Robert Draper, nytimes.com

“It was the day before the New York primary, and Trump sat in the front of the eight-seater plane. 'I have to think about my speech now,' he told me, and began composing one on the spot. He leafed through various talking points and issue memos, from which he culled a few ideas that he then scribbled…”

— Robert Draper, nytimes.com

“The candidate took in the good news with an oddly inert expression. 'Maybe I’ll get beat tomorrow,' he said, for at least the third time that day. Not a single poll had given him cause for worry. But for all his swagger, Trump had an awareness of unseen, deal-breaking contingencies that held his tri…”

— Robert Draper, nytimes.com

“'We were told that if we saw something, a news story that was on the front page of these ten sites, like CNN, the New York Times, and BBC, then we could inject the topic,' said one former curator. 'If it looked like it had enough news sites covering the story, we could inject it—even if it wasn’t na…”

— Michael Nunez, Anonymous Facebook News Curator, gizmodo.com