"Print encourages a sense of closure, a sense that what is found in a text has been finalized, has reached a state of completion."

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Source : Walter J. Ong (2013). “Orality and Literacy”, p.129, Routledge

Walter J. Ong

#Closure Quotes #Found Quotes #States Quotes

“He has all the characteristics of a dog - except loyalty.”
“Priests, altars, victims, swam before my sight.”

Source : Edmund Smith (1719). “The Works of ...: Containing I. Phaedra and Hippolitus, II. A Poem on Thr Death of Mr. Philips, III. Bodleian Speech, IV Pocochius, To which is Prefix'd”, p.9
“Change, not habit, is what gets most of us down; habit is the stabilizer of human society, change accounts for its progress.”
“He who would confine his thought to present time will not understand present reality.”
“I think people underestimate the importance of lighting - layers of lighting, not just one light. I do a lighting seminar where I take a $300-a-yard fabric and a $3-a-yard fabric. I show what lighting can do to either one.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“[T]he Clinton administration launched an attack on people in Texas because those people were religious nuts with guns. Hell, this country was founded by religious nuts with guns. Who does Bill Clinton think stepped ashore on Plymouth Rock? Peace Corps volunteers? Or maybe the people in Texas were attacked because of child abuse. But, if child abuse was the issue, why didn't Janet Reno tear-gas Woody Allen?”
“The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That's that. That's easy.”
“I suppose my life has always been about pleasing people, making sure theyre all right, doing the right thing. Then, suddenly, you have to face up to what you want and be honest about it.”

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