"Media populism means appealing to people directly through media. A politician who can master the media can shape political affairs outside of parliament and even eliminate the mediation of parliament."

-- Umberto Eco

#Mean Quotes #Media Quotes #People Quotes

“Painting, like poetry, selects in the universe whatever she deems most appropriate to her ends. She assembles in a single fantastic personage, circumstances and features which nature distributes among many individuals. From this combination, ingeniously composed, results that happy imitation by virtue of which the artist earns the title of inventor and not of servile copyist.”
“The history of the past interests us only in so far as it illuminates the history of the present.”
“Pride was my wilderness, and the demon that led me there was fear.”

Source : Margaret Laurence, Nora Foster Stovel (2001). “Long Drums and Cannons”, p.38, University of Alberta
“I set many of my stories in a gritty "realist" world, but one that is plagued by an overuse of technology, which is akin to the world we find ourselves living in now.”

Source : Source: www.raintaxi.com
“Maybe Scotty the Potty turned into Scotty the Hottie. Have you thought about that?”
“Ultimately we're all faced with the same things and that's what brings us together. It's just human nature to be terrified and that doesn't necessarily manifest itself in completely different ways.”

Source : Source: www.moviesonline.ca
“I felt like I needed to get a few side projects out of my system before I settled in to do the new record. Usually what's asked of you, everything's a year cycle. When you get caught up in that cycle, it can be kind of brutal, actually. It was good I got to take a year off, with no pressure coming from anywhere.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“A general â€œlaw of least effortâ€ applies to cognitive as well as physical exertion. The law asserts that if there are several ways of achieving the same goal, people will eventually gravitate to the least demanding course of action. In the economy of action, effort is a cost, and the acquisition of skill is driven by the balance of benefits and costs. Laziness is built deep into our nature.”

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