"In the technotronic society the trend would seem to be towards the aggregation of the individual support of millions of uncoordinated citizens, easily within the reach of magnetic and attractive personalities exploiting the latest communications techniques to manipulate emotions and control reason."

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Source : "Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technetronic Era". Book by Zbigniew K. Brzezinski, 1970.

Zbigniew Brzezinski

#Communication Quotes #Personality Quotes #Support Quotes

“The more visible signs of protest are gone, but I think there is a realization that the tactics of the late sixties are not sufficient to meet the challenges of the seventies.”
“I'm such a private person, and sexuality is such a private thing. A sex scene is much harder than a fight scene. It's one thing to say, 'Kick higher,' but 'Kiss harder' - that's just crazy.”

Source : "Carrie-Anne Moss Is the One" by David Hochman, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.
“An utterance can have Intentionality, just as a belief has Intentionality, but whereas the Intentionality of the belief is intrinsic the Intentionality of the utterance is derived.”

Source : "Intentionality: An Essay in the Philosophy of Mind". Book by John Searle, 1983.
“What you must dare: is to be yourself.”
“I had three points I wanted to make: That not everybody in Hollywood is on the left, that Obama has broken a lot of the promises he made when he took office, and that the people should feel free to get rid of any politician who's not doing a good job. But I didn't make up my mind exactly what I was going to say until I said it.”
“God, I needed you," he murmured. "I can't even tell you how many times I thought about this. The funny thing is, I don't need you any less now. I think I need you more." ~Shane~”
“Complaint is. more contemptible than pitiful.”
“Hate can be passionate or disengaged; it can come from dislike but also from fear.”

Source : Vanessa Diffenbaugh (2011). “The Language of Flowers”, p.62, Pan Macmillan

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