"If there are signs that Americans bow to the gods of advertising, there are equally indications that people find the gods ridiculous. It is part of the popular culture that advertisements are silly."

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Source : Michael Schudson (2013). “Advertising, The Uneasy Persuasion (RLE Advertising): Its Dubious Impact on American Society”, p.242, Routledge

Michael Schudson

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“The best Thing we can do is to make wherever we're lost in Look as much like home as we can.”

Source : 'The Lady's not for Burning' (1949) act 3
“You don't spread democracy through the barrel of a gun.”

Source : "The Daily Show", June 27, 2006.
“There is no reason in the world why we shouldn't fight for the preservation of a chance to live freely, no reason why we shouldn't suffer to uphold that which we want to endure. May God give me the courage to do my duty and not falter.”

Source : Letter to his parents regarding World War II, April 25, 1941.
“Beauty draws the seer towards the person seen; it invites them to know and have confidence in that person even without knowing the person intimately.”
“I said no to having a beer. I once had a beer with my brother when I was twelve, and I just didn't like it. It's really that simple for me. [pp.37]”
“I'm a prostitute. Do you know what, it really is basically I just really like to work! I'm thrilled that there's a variety. It's why I got into this business to begin with, because I really don't have the discipline or intellect to have a 9-to-5 job. But I came from a classical music background and I merged that to theatre, it kind of opened up the door to a lot of different possibilities.”

Source : Source: www.broadwayworld.com
“But I contend that if we're providing total medical coverage for every man, woman, and child in Iraq, shouldn't we at least be doing the same thing for every man, woman, and child in the United States?”
“The greatest art is to sit, and wait, and let it come.”

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