History is written by the victors, the strongest, the most determined. Truth is found most often in the silence, in the quiet places.
Great writers leave us not just their works, but a way of looking at things.
Language imparts identity, meaning, and perspective to our human condition. Writers are either polluters or part of the cleanup.
Who we listen to determines what we hear. Where we stand determines what we see. What we do determines who we are.
What scares me most about the media is that so many of them don't realize that by presenting and highlighting certain issues, opinions, and perspectives over others, they can manipulate and control people's beliefs in subtle ways.
The media have such a strong hand in deciding what people's perceptions are. They decide what the agenda is going to be, what the issues are.
Even a documentary portrait of a person that tries to be very accurate is shaped by the filmmaker in so many ways.
Your field of focus determines what you find in life.
How you frame an issue shapes how it is viewed by others. Great advocates frame their ideas as problems that need solutions.
