"The first time I watched television I felt exactly as if something important had taken an elevator ride up to my head and gotten off and turned on the light in my mind. I knew that I was going to do something in television. It was in my cards. I remember feeling the warm relief of knowing where my future was."

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Source : Mary Wells Lawrence (2002). “A Big Life in Advertising”, Knopf

Mary Wells Lawrence

#Taken Quotes #Light Quotes #Knowing Quotes

“...Nefret said with a gusty sigh, 'Well, that's done it. We may as well join in, Ramses, family arguments are the favorite form of amusement here and this looks like being a loud one.”
“The United States is the most innovative country in the world. But our leadership could slip away if we fail to properly fund primary, secondary and higher education.”
“But at the age of 44, I sure hope to be a better businesswoman. I want to get the music straight to my fans.”
“Donâ€™t allow circumstance to hold you back- even negative ones. You donâ€™t have to let your circumstances define you. You can define yourself, and the best way to find yourself is through education.”
“The position I took at the time was that we hadn't really examined any of the potential environmental consequences of introducing genetically modified organisms.”
“It is the emergence of mass media which makes possible the use of propaganda techniques on a societal scale.”
“You can see the rider serving the elephant when people are morally dumbfounded. They have strong gut feelings about what is right and wrong, and they struggle to construct post hoc justifications for those feelings. Even when the servant (reasoning) comes back empty-handed, the master (intuition) doesn't change his judgment.”

Source : Jonathan Haidt (2012). “The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion”, p.50, Vintage
“With failure, you just try again.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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