"I think in the world we live in where television is the principal source of information for most people, it really affects the balance of the democratic process. The fairness of the democratic process."

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Alexander Stille

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Balance Quotes

“Living simply is not about living in poverty or self-inflicted deprivation. It's about living an examined life where one has determined what is truly important and enough â€¦ and then just let go of all the rest.”
“Wherever smart people work, doors are unlocked.”

Source : Saturday keynote speech, The Fifth HOPE (Hackers on Planet Earth) Conference, July 10, 2004.
“Apophenia means finding pattern or meaning where others donâ€™t. Feelings of revelation and ecstasies usually accompany it. It has some negative connotations in psychological terminology when it implies finding meaning or pattern where none exists; and some positive ones when it implies finding something important, useful or beautiful. It thus links creativity and psychosis, genius and madness.”
“What passes for real debate in Washington often seems more like an echo chamber, with politicians talking at politicians.”
“Golden volumes! richest treasures, Objects of delicious pleasures! You my eyes rejoicing please, You my hand in rapture seize! Brilliant wits and musing sages, Lights who beam'd through many ages! Left to your conscious leaves their story, And dared to trust you with their glory; And now their hope of fame achiev'd, Dear volumes! you have not deceived!”
“If you want a definition of what a coward is, itâ€™s needing to push a whole class of people down so that you can walk on top of them.”
“Being a Georgia author is a rather specious dignity, on the same order as, for the pig, being a Talmadge ham.”
“Silence is not silent. Silence speaks. It speaks most eloquently. Silence is not still. Silence leads. It leads most perfectly.”

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