Neil Postman Quotes
The idea of taking what people call the 'entertainment culture' as a focus of study, including historical perspective, is not a bad idea.

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Those are my favorite kind of parts to do, just being a goofball and seeing how far you can go with something until you're just way out of line.
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Serena and I have done some great career planning, and we're playing really at the peak of our tennis right now. I think tennis has been a sport where people play this insane schedule from 14 years old, so of course at 26, it's over. We've really paced ourselves.
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Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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Recruiting is the hardest part of any business, but in charity, it is 10 times harder.
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Life wasn't about freeing up human souls. It was about creating obedient slaves in the hierarchical construction of the society - with God at the top, then the king and then the father.
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Whenever you feel down, you can check on Twitter and feel better about yourself, because it's only people who like you.
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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I am cursed with computers; something always goes wrong.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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The thing that can get kind of annoying is, when you travel so much, how hectic it gets. I was being interviewed once - it was a phone interview - and they said, 'Where are you right now?' and I didn't know where I was.
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What the 'supposed 99 percent' don't realize is that they are better off if there are more fat cats, not less.
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At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.
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After the second and final time that I got hugely fat in my life and when I lost that weight six or seven years ago, I pretty much decided that I was going to stay in decent shape for the rest of my life.
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I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It's a gift you give yourself.
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I believe you can achieve anything if you work hard enough to get it.
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I'm thrilled to be joining Gap Inc., a company that understands the importance of integrating technology and retail in ways that improve the lives of its customers.
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I auditioned for 'Avatar' in Australia. It was a 'blind' audition. I didn't know what the movie was about and whom it was for.
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'Sesame Street's' genius lies in finding gentle ways to talk about hard things - death, divorce, danger - in terms that children understand and accept.
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I am not only overwhelmed with excitement to be back in the seat but also to show my support to help raise awareness to end domestic violence and sexual assault by displaying the 'No More' symbol as I pilot the No. 24 car.
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I simply do the things that inspire me, be that snowboarding, designing clothing, or dancing.
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As an actress, as you get older, you find yourself in a situation where you play mothers or women who are hoping to be mothers.
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When Captain Moresby landed on New Guinea, a medicine-man exorcised the evil spirit in him by magical jugglery with palm leaves and by playing a kind of leapfrog.
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The idea of taking what people call the 'entertainment culture' as a focus of study, including historical perspective, is not a bad idea.