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Carl Bernstein

"The reality is that the media are probably the most powerful of all our institutions today and they, or rather we, too often are squandering our power and ignoring our obligations. The consequence of our abdication of responsibility is the ugly spectacle of idiot culture!"

Source : "The best obtainable version of the truth". Carl Bernstein's talk at the annual convention of the Radio and Television News Directors Association, September 26, 1998.

Carl Bernstein

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“The use of drugs like mescaline may serve an appropriate purpose. Indeed, "Psychedelic" drugs have been widely used in the spiritual traditions of the world, including the Yoga of Patanjali, though they were never advertised as ultimate keys to enlightenment, merely as stepping-stones on the spiritual path.”
“The World Bank is now the biggest culprit in the debt crisis.”
“A brave man's country is wherever he chooses his abode. [Lat., Patria est ubicumque vir fortis sedem elegerit.]”
“There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength.”
“Satellite images suggest North Korea is building a light-water reactor and working on uranium enrichment. This is troubling.”
“Wine is not only a drinking: it is sniffing, observing, tasting, or sipping at and... talking about”
“I treat myself like I would my daughter. I brusher her hair, was her laundry, tuck her in goodnight. Most importantly, I feed her. I do not punish her. I do not berate her, leave tears staining her face. I do not leave her alone. I know she deserves more. I know I deserve more.”
“I'd love to live nonbiologically and move about at the speed of light and be in communication with a million people at once and create works of art that are grand and sophisticated and very human at the same time so all these types of things.”

Source : "Barry Ptolemy Gets Personal". Big Think Interview, bigthink.com. April 27, 2009.

"The reality is that the media are probably the most powerful of all our institutions today and they, or rather we, too often are squandering our power and ignoring our obligations. The consequence of our abdication of responsibility is the ugly spectacle of idiot culture!"

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