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Joseph Prince Quotes

Television, radio, social media. The 24/7 news cycle plows forward mercilessly on our desks, in our cars and in our pockets. Thousands and thousands of messages and voices bombard us from the moment we wake, fighting for our attention. All we see and hear, all day long, is news. And most of it is bad.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: clergyman
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Birth: May 15, 1963

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Moment Day Social Media Forward Bad

I cling to the idea that Herman Melville had to work at the end of his career watching ships in a dock, as a shipping agent in New York. Any writer who thinks they should be given patronage because of their gift... you don't have to look too far in history to see that's just not the case.

Work History New York Gift End Look

I run every day now. I never ran before.

Day Every Day Now Run Never Before

You have been tried by twelve good men and true, not of your peers but as high above you as heaven is of hell, and they have said you are guilty.

Good Men Hell You Heaven Guilty

Your voice is important - it gives away everything about you. The mouth is a muscle you have to work like you'd work at the gym.

Work Voice You Mouth Gym Important

Dancehall has always had a homophobic problem, but you go to dance parties in Jamaica, and some of the biggest dancers are kinda gay, just not outspoken about it. Dancehall was the first kind of music I was DJing, and it was always more about the rhythm.

Music Dance Problem You Gay Kind

I have been exposed to a great amount of temptation throughout the course of my career.

DeForest Kelley

Great Temptation Career Been Course

The word 'western' usually refers to movies, of course, but there is a literary tradition of the same name that pre-dates the moving picture and retains its vitality yet.

Moving Name Picture Tradition Movies

My father was a classical singer of baroque music, and my older sister was in musical theatre, and I thought about doing the same thing but then realised straight acting was for me.

Father Music Me Sister Theatre Same

I look in the mirror, and what I see is someone who has never grown up - a crashing sentimentalist who alternates between great heights and black depths.

Great Mirror Black Someone Look See

I learned that things taste better on pretty plates.

Better Taste Pretty Things Learned

For people of color - especially African Americans - the idea that racist cops might frame members of their community is no abstract notion, let alone an exercise in irrational conspiracy theorizing. Rather, it speaks to a social reality about which blacks are acutely aware.

Community Alone People Color Reality

The best shows to tweet about are the ones that are hilarious, but they might not necessarily be trying to be hilarious. Those are the easiest and the funniest because you're like 'come onnnn.'

Best Trying You Because Come Like

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