"Which is supposed to mean they're doing something in their broadcasting they would not do is they were simply out to maximize profit; if they were really public service institutions, not purely profit maximizing institutions."

-- Robert Waterman McChesney

#Mean Quotes #Maximizing Quotes #Public Service Quotes

“Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.”
“If our family was an airline, Mom was the hub and we were the spokes. You rarely went anywhere nonstop; you went via Mom, who directed the traffic flow and determined the priorities: which family member was cleared for takeoff or landing. Even my father was not immune to Mom's scheduling, though he was given more leeway than the rest of us.”

Source : Will Schwalbe (2012). “The End of Your Life Book Club”, p.13, Vintage
“When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better. A wise diner who is invited to visit the kitchen replies by saying, as politely as possible, that he has a pressing engagement elsewhere.”
“The Universe contains three things that cannot be destroyed; Being, Awareness and LOVE”
“Ideas are the factors that lift civilization. They create revolutions. There is more dynamite in an idea than in many bombs.”
“The financial wealth that has been created is unprecedented. Even if the stock market, for argument's sake, leveled off here, there's been so much wealth built up that we really can feel spending for some time.”
“Originally, I wanted a machine that would cost $100. My idea was to spend nothing on the console technology so all the money could be spent on improving the interface and software. If we hadn't used NAND flash memory and other pricey parts, we might have succeeded.”
“The diamond is the hardest stone -- to get.”

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