"The idea of taking what people call the 'entertainment culture' as a focus of study, including historical perspective, is not a bad idea."

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Neil Postman

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“There was so much going on. I remember a very interesting dinner in the studio of [Robert] Rauschenberg. He had convinced Sidney Janis, Leo Castelli, and a third big gallery man to serve us, the artists, at the table. So they were dressed up as waiters, we were sitting at the table, and they were only allowed to sit down at the end of the table for the cognac. This is not possible now.”

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“I'm a very interior person. I love silence. I revel in it. I'm happy that way.”
“This absence of similarity among military questions naturally brings out the inability of memory to solve them; also the sterility of invariable forms, such as figures, geometrical drawings ( Ã©pures ), plans ( schÃ©mas ), etc. One only right solution imposes itself:;: namely, the application, varying according to circumstances, of fixed principles.”
“A free race cannot be born of slave mothers.”
“In keeping with original Mormon teachings, much of the property in Hildale and Colorado City is held in trust for the church. Striving to be as self-sufficient as possible, the community grows a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, and everyone, including children, is expected to help bring in the yield.”
“Geoffrey Hill may be the strongest and most original English poet of the second half of our fading century, although his work is by no means either easy or very popular. Dense, intricate, exceedingly compact, his poetry has always had great visionary force.”
“I think if anyone tells you the odds are slim, just keep walking. Just do whatever the hell you want to do, because they don't know what they're talking about. When you love something, and you work really really hard at it, you can do it.”
“WE ALREADY HAVE everything we need. There is no need for self-improvement. All these trips that we lay on ourselvesâ€”the heavy-duty fearing that weâ€™re bad and hoping that weâ€™re good, the identities that we so dearly cling to, the rage, the jealousy and the addictions of all kindsâ€”never touch our basic wealth. They are like clouds that temporarily block the sun. But all the time our warmth and brilliance are right here. This is who we really are. We are one blink of an eye away from being fully awake.”

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