Quotes about "Contemporary Issues"

Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change. ”

Anyone who says, 'Books don't change anything,' or - more commonly - that crime fiction is the wrong genre for promoting social change - should take a closer look. ”

I do not comment on politics, but I see computerization of the election process as good for stability and social harmony. ”

The dirty little secret of journalism is that it really isn't a profession, it's a craft. All you need is a telephone and a conscience and you're all set. ”

The good news about me is that my friends and social network is entirely independent of politics. ”

This whole quest to win the 2019 World Cup, that was my job when I was director of England cricket. ”

I played a very background role in terms of trying to get the environment together but Eoin Morgan and Trevor Bayliss have done a great job. ”

I've definitely grown into the job after that difficult first Test against Pakistan. I'd been captain for the Sri Lanka one-dayers, which hadn't gone well, and all the talk was that I only had that one Test as captain. ”

The execution of strategy is over to the captain and coach, as it always has been. It's the right way to go. We need clear role allocations, the coach and the captain go and execute and my job is to plan for the future. ”

We all fall into our habits, our routines, our ruts. They're used quite often, consciously or unconsciously, to avoid living, to avoid doing the messy part of having relationships with other people, of dealing with a person next to us. That's why we can all be in a room on our cell phones and not have to deal with one another. ”