"Information is now a commodity that can be bought and sold, or used as a form of entertainment, or worn like a garment to enhance one's status. It comes indiscriminately, directed at no one in particular, disconnected from usefulness; we are glutted with information, drowning in information, have no control over it, don't know what to do with it."

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Neil Postman

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“Today's global landscape is increasingly interconnected. China and the Middle East play critical roles towards international peace and security.”
“No man stops caring as long as he breathes. As long as he has a mind and memory, he will care. This is what separates us from the animals. We have feelings.”
“The physical language of the body is so much more powerful than words.”
“There is no need to put your heart in a bottle, then you will die. - Ty from Stolen”
“AS a matter of fact, God isn't asking you to be thankful. He's asking you to give thanks. There's a big difference. One response involves emotions, the other your choices, your decisions about a situation, your intent, your 'step of faith.”

Source : Joni Eareckson Tada (2010). “A Place of Healing: Wrestling with the Mysteries of Suffering, Pain, and God's Sovereignty”, p.140, David C Cook
“I try to think what the character is thinking. Then, hopefully, I begin to feel it. I act and react not because Im recalling a dog killed by a fire engine, but because Im concentrating on what the character is going through.”
“Well, considering my entire life, now seems rules by odd coincidences, I figure it's right on track.”
“Movement, change, light, growth, and decay are the life-blood of nature, the energies that I try to tap through my work.”

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