"Propaganda requires a permanent network of communication so that it can systematically stifle reflection with emotive or utopian slogans. Its pace is usually fast."

-- John Berger

#Communication Quotes #Reflection Quotes #Pace Quotes

“There is little hope for us until we become tough-minded enough to break loose from the shackles of prejudice, half-truths, and down-right ignorance.”
“We are all trying to make it the best way we know how, so when we look at each other as individuals and nations we should do so with compassion.”

Source : "South Sudan 'Lost boy' tells of hope for new nation" by Ger Duany, www.cnn.com. January 4, 2012.
“As polarized as we have been, we Americans are locked in a cultural war for the soul of our country.”
“What I like about fairy tales is that they highlight the emotions within a story. The situations aren't real, with falling stars and pirates. But what you do relate to is the emotions that the characters feel.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Burnin ***** pon di corner, It keep me calmer, It mek me smarter. Burnin pon di highway, its the highest grade, gettin into my head.”
“In speaking of Jesus, I must speak about Christianity because I do not think it possible or profitable to divide the two.”
“If we were magically shrunk and put into someone's brain while she was thinking, we would see all the pumps, pistons, gears and levers working away and we would be able to describe the workings completely, in mechanical terms, thereby completely describing the thought processes of the brain. But that description would not contain any mention of thought! It would contain nothing but descriptions of pumps, pistons, levers!”
“Do not be fooled by your youthful appearance for very soon it would be taken away from you.”

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