"Not to be to be a vulgar materialist or be too reductive, but all of that was completely absent from the conversation. Instead we were told it was a "revolutionary" moment, where these new tools would inevitably displace the old media dinosaur and that things would be democratized and wasn't it great we could all collaborate on these platforms."

-- Astra Taylor

#Media Quotes #Would Be Quotes #Tools Quotes

“When I was 12 years old, I was obsessed with codes, conspiracies, and secret messages. I would record TV commercials with SoundRecorder.exe on Windows 95 and reverse them to see if I was being subliminally influenced to watch PokÃ©mon by Japanese spies.”

Source : "Gravity Falls' Alex Hirsch on his show's big cliffhanger". Interview with Erik Adams, tv.avclub.com. November 3, 2015.
“Your mind is on vacation and your mouth is working overtime.”

Source : Song: Your Mind Is On Vacation
“In my case, I made the decision early on that I was going to be very open about the book and claim upfront that each of the stories was based on my life experience. I think my reasoning goes back to what I was saying earlier, about wanting the book to be "more than a book," that I wanted the reader to feel a little unsettled about what they were reading: there's a core of factual truth here.”
“Architecture should be rooted in the past, and yet be part of our own time and forward looking.”
“We are not final because we are infallible, but infallible only because we are final.”
“Thus, the struggle for peace includes the struggle for freedom and justice for the masses of all countries.”

Source : John Legend's Academy Awards Acceptance Speech, aaspeechesdb.oscars.org. February 22, 2015.
“God, thank you for waking me up this morning. I want to embrace every day, however limited my day may be, as a gift from God. I want to live this day to its fullest. I know there are things I can no longer do. I know I am facing daily limitations. But I want to focus on what I can do, not on what I cannot do. So help me God. I know this day will never be repeated. I know I cannot live it over again. Help me to live it to its fullest.”
“Herds of reindeer move across Miles and miles of golden moss”

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