Neil Postman Quotes
As one learns the language of a subject, one is also learning what the subject is. ...what we call a subject consists mostly, if not entirely, of its language. If you eliminate all the words of a subject, you have eliminated the subject.
Quotes to Explore
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Most of the people nowadays send their things by internet. But I cannot work that way. I like to do it myself.
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I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a small indie film, or a play. I'm open to it all.
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I am really glad I was raised Catholic. I like the fundamental aspects of that religion. I think they give you great grounding in terms of having a moral code. But I do not subscribe to any religion specifically now.
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People often try to disguise televisions. I always think that makes it worse. It is what it is!
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I want every version of a woman and a man to be possible. I want women and men to be able to be full-time parents or full-time working people or any combination of the two.
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This is the beauty of fiction. We may not like these characters, but we inhabit them.
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I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.
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Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.
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To become the best comedian, I must be well-rounded.
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I'm a lyric soprano. I can try to step outside that and do different kind of singing, but it's not something I can sustain over the long haul, and what is good for your voice is good for your career.
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I am ashamed to run against a lady. It's demeaning, very degrading. I have always refused to argue with a lady.
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Blog culture has a hard time digesting narratives, but it has an easy time digesting 'big ideas' pieces.
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The music led to the acting. But movies aren't something you can just will yourself into. Someone has to choose you, and you have to be quite fortunate to be chosen.
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I want a society that provides decent jobs for those who can work and decent security for those can't.
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I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter into leading ladies.
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When you're in a place, the details you focus on are different than details you focus on when you're writing about it.
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We have no Arab intellectuals of international stature because we live in a state of generalized mediocrity. We are suspended in the pit without touching the bottom.
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If you're gonna use simile, analogy, metaphor, be descriptive and have some flowery adjectives and a few odd nouns and some engaging bits of dialogue or sentiment, then you're sort of writing a novel, really. But rock lyrics are not really known for their sophistication.
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I'm not going to be one of those guys who changes, and all of a sudden I'm shaking hands and kissing babies.
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I had a moment where I left journalism, and I started getting interested in this issue and writing about it, where I felt there was a right side and a wrong side around a lot of these issues relating to education.
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You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.
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The proper memory for a politician is one that knows what to remember and what to forget.
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I started playing basketball when I was about three years old. After that, everything else just came naturally. I had older cousins that used to let me hang with them, so I got my toughness from them.
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As one learns the language of a subject, one is also learning what the subject is. ...what we call a subject consists mostly, if not entirely, of its language. If you eliminate all the words of a subject, you have eliminated the subject.
