"For the most part we do not first see, and then define, we define first and then see. In the great blooming, buzzing confusion of the outer world we pick out what our culture has already defined for us, and we tend to perceive that which we have picked out in the form stereotyped for us by our culture."

-- Walter Lippmann

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“Lord Beaverbrook was fundamentally a lonely man, with a low sense of his own self-worth, who was incapable of forming a stable, loving relationship with anyone. He could charm or he could bully; he could give or he could take; he was glad to see his guests arrive and pleased to see them go. Although many people genuinely loved him, he was incapable of believing that this was either possible or true. No wonder he was so restless, so impatient, so vindictive, so quick to lose his temper, so eager to stir things up.”
“If someone gave the Russians a football, they'd win the Super Bowl in two years.”
“Government cannot make us equal; it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law.”
“Practices should be for the players and not the coach. Practices should be fun for the players, positive in nature, and last no more than two hours.”
“I think I may have become an actor to hide from myself. You can escape into a character.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“Everybody has only a 24-hour day. Most people, if they increase consumption of one medium (like magazines or books) will cut down on another (like TV). This drastically reduces the sort of growth some people have been expecting.”

Source : "Computer Lib/Dream Machines". Book by Ted Nelson, 1974.
“I don't know what I'd do if I was making a romantic comedy; I wouldn't feel like I was earning my $100 a day.”
“Cast between the extremes of happiness and misfortune, uncertainty is a cruel torment.”

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