"The whole problem with news on television comes down to this: all the words uttered in an hour of news coverage could be printed on a page of a newspaper. And the world cannot be understood in one page."

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Source : Neil Postman (2011). “Conscientious Objections: Stirring Up Trouble About Language, Technology and Education”, p.72, Vintage

Neil Postman

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“Technology is an inherent democratizer. Because of the evolution of hardware and software, youâ€™re able to scale up almost anything. It means that in our lifetime everyone may have tools of equal power.”

Source : Guest lecture at University of California, Berkeley, October 05, 2005.
“Living the 'easy' life today seems to make a 'difficult' life tomorrow.”
“Every pain has a gain behind it”
“The cosmos is a gigantic flywheel making 10,000 revolutions per minute. Man is a sick fly taking a dizzy ride on it.”
“I can't never stop nobody, can't knock nobody hustle.”
“My recollections of Armenia open new visions for me. My art is therefore a growth art where forms, pines, shapes, memories of Armenia germinate, breathe, expand and contract, multiply and thereby create new paths for exploration.”
“But I really would love to give her a very special gift. I was hoping if I did, she might give me a kiss in return, instead of the brotherly hugs I always get instead.”

Source : Jessica Day George (2012). “Dragonskin Slippers”, p.320, A&C Black
“Poets and novelists and playwrights make themselves, against terrible resistances, give over what the rest of us keep safely locked within our hearts.”

Source : Janet Malcolm (2013). “The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes”, p.70, Vintage

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