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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The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted.
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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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I don't call cut between the takes - it's my way to help the actor keep focused. As soon as you say 'cut' you have 10 people jumping on them and everybody's trying to do a great job, and they do, but sometimes they forget that the more important thing is the performance, creating the performance.
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I am a classic Star Trek fanatic. When I was a kid, my mom and I used to go to conventions.
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I write from my stomach.
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In the most important areas, as individuals and countries, we don't change our behavior until we have our backs to the wall.
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I grew up in an underprivileged home.
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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.
