"The effect of the mass media is not to elicit belief but to maintain the apparatus of addiction."

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Source : Christopher Lasch (1991). “The True and Only Heaven: Progress and Its Critics”, p.521, W. W. Norton & Company

Christopher Lasch

#Media Quotes #Addiction Quotes #Belief Quotes

“A word says more than a thousand images. Exercises for the visually inclined: illustrate "appreciation", "humor", "software", "education", "inalienable rights", "elegance", "fact".”
“You canâ€™t kill history. You canâ€™t shoot it with a bullet and watch it recede into whatever lies outside of memory. History is tougher than thatâ€”if itâ€™s going to die, it has to die on its own”
“May you listen to the voice within the beat even when you are tired. When you feel yourself breaking down, may you break open instead. May every experience in life be a door that opens your heart, expands your understanding and leads you to freedom.”
“Religion. It's given people hope in a world torn apart by religion.”

Source : "The Daily Show". www.imdb.com. 1996 - ....
“I believe the things I love inwardly will be received by the right people outwardly. I believe that what I believe in will be received well. I try to keep that as a foundation to what I do.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I eat really healthy, and if I'm tired, I take a nap.”
“The clashes of people and the clashes of cultures have assisted me in learning the openness you have to be a part of in New York. You're always meeting people who are different than you. You always have to find a way to exist in it and also find a way to be yourself. In Stockholm, I thought I was artsy, then I came to New York and was like, "there's a bunch of artsy people everywhere!" It really forced me to start looking myself and ask. "what does it mean to be me?"”

Source : Source: www.highsnobiety.com
“We knew before we came (to earth) that there would be many adverse circumstances to test us: accidents, sickness, and disease to prove us; temptations and distractions to try us; disappointments, discouragements, reverses, failures and all kinds of situations to determine our character.”

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