"Noise pollution is basically defined as the presence of simple information that makes it impossible to hear all the other more delicate - and often more important - information. Noise pollution creates, if you will, dumb environments. Our industrial areas, many of our downtown urban areas, are dumb acoustic environments. Very simple, very loud, often unhealthy."

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Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

Gordon Hempton

#Simple Quotes #Dumb Quotes #Important Quotes

“You should always be learning. The fitness industry is always changing, especially with digital media giving it out anytime.”
“If I were a 40-year-old woman, 40-to-50, I'd want to be getting my mammograms. They catch cancers, and cancer is very curable if you catch it early.”
“If it's easy for the government to learn about us, it should be easier for us to learn about the government, what they're doing.”

Source : "'The Center Holds' Sees Victory For Moderates In Obama's Win". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. June 20, 2013.
“The dirt was OK, but once you hit the grass... Wet grass is slippery”
“My grandfather is from Ireland. His name is Florence McCarthy. He moved to New York in 1920. They used to beat him up because his name was Florence. He had to switch his name to Frank. And then this Christmas, he made an announcement - he goes, 'I'm switching me name back to Florence.' And we beat him up, 'cause it's a dumb name and he's old and weak and it was easy.”
“We live in an unsafe world.”

Source : "It’s Time" by Nia Vardalos, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 12, 2011.
“So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment of friction there'll be additional violence.”
“We must unite. Violence against women cannot be tolerated, in any form, in any context, in any circumstance, by any political leader or by any government.”

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