Neil Postman Quotes
The effects of technology are always unpredictable. But they are not always inevitable.
Quotes to Explore
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Using phrases or mantras to encourage and comfort myself has been a powerful practice for me. For years, I would say to myself 'Remember the purple sky' when I was feeling anxious, which to me meant remember a sense of internal spaciousness and kindness toward myself.
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No sensible author wants anything but praise.
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Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.
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Many societal problems concern science, such as the energy crisis, genetic alterations of foods.
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Clinton saw himself much more as the steward of alliances and of consensus that moved in the right direction. He didn't see himself as someone who could change the overall thrust, I think, of global policy.
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I love baseball. And American Football, too. But not rugby.
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It's a waste of time to think that if you colored a painting red what might have happened if you painted it black.
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I'm always writing. I'm an obsessive. It's not because I'm a disciplined person. It's because I'm crazy about it.
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I just went to an acting agency one day and just said, 'I would like to act. Would you take me?' And they took me.
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I was a boy with one dream and one dream only: I wanted - no, strike that, I was desperate for - a room of my own. You see, in those days I shared a room with my little brother, Jesse, and it wasn't pretty. He was the Oscar to my Felix: messy, careless, and just a little bit sticky - exactly the way a kindergartner is supposed to be.
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I'd always wanted to do a Marvel project, and I'd always imagined getting to play one of the superheroes because it's such a hard thing to get. It's the parts that only go to a few people. The flip side of that is the antagonists are pretty awesome.
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My father and mother were second cousins, though they did not meet till shortly before their marriage.
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I want to be able to do work where I think it's very forward, but I also want it to exist in a big way and have an effect on a lot of people.
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Conflict is always the right thing to do when it matters.
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Adultery is the application of democracy to love.
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Islam, or any religion, will become totalitarian if it is made into an ideology, because that is the nature of ideologies.
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When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.
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There's something about the expanse of nature that forces you to think clearly.
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First thing I did when I found out I made it into the top 13 is I tried not to faint and you know, I took it all in and I really looked at the crowd and said a big 'thank you'.
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Ben Carson said black people worked for less. I have breaking news: we built this joint for free. We didn't build it for less.
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Jah is love, or God, whichever way you might accept it.
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TED Women will focus on the ideas and innovations championed by women and girls. These cover everything from community development to economic growth to biodynamic farming to robotics to medical treatments to the use of technology for personal safety and peace making.
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Some people, myself in particular, have an adversarial relationship with the camera, and it sprouts up in every photograph.
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The effects of technology are always unpredictable. But they are not always inevitable.
