"It is not entirely true that a TV producer or reporter has complete control over the contents of programs. The interests and inclinations of the audience have as much to do with the what is on television as do the ideas of the producer and reporter."

-- Neil Postman

#Ideas Quotes #Television Quotes #Tvs Quotes

“[I]t is impossible for those, who believe in the truth of Christianity, as a divine revelation, to doubt, that it is the especial duty of government to foster, and encourage it among all the citizens and subjects. This is a point wholly distinct from that of the right of private judgment in matters of religion, and of the freedom of public worship according to the dictates of one's conscience.”
“It's beginning to feel like there is no room in America for anyone who is not a fundamentalist Christian.”
“If you plagiarize others' techniques, you steal their emotions and tell your spectators a lie with your work. Works as such equal zero.”
“All is lovely outside my house and inside my house and myself.”

Source : Winslow Homer, John Wilmerding (1972). “Winslow Homer”
“Domestic goddesses have infiltrated everybody's lives and raised the bar way too high.”
“I'm just playing ball. Trying not to think about it too much.”
“I was focused before - obsessed, really - with the appearance of perfection. But what did that ever bring me but pain? Pain and not seeing people for who they really are. If I ever get out of here, I'll look at people differently. I'll look for their true selves beneath the mask of their bodies. I'll look at soul.”
“Prayer means rushing to the Father as His child. It means asking and receiving, loving and thanking Him.”

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