Neil Postman Quotes
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When I was 10 years old, that nuclear spark hit me. Whatever it may be, I really don't know what it was about nuclear science, but whatever it was that triggered that interest, it stuck. I went after that one with a passion.
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I am writing a book called 'The History of Australia in Hundred Objects.' It's of things we have invented in Australia. And you know, some of them are amazing. We invented the clapper boards used in films. We invented those cranes - those big long cranes used on construction sites.
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Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work.
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Disease and ill health are caused largely by damage at the molecular and cellular level, yet today's surgical tools are too large to deal with that kind of problem.
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To dissociate politicians from capitalists is slightly disingenuous, to put it mildly. U.S. lawmakers are competitive and auction themselves to the highest bidder via the lobby system.
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I'm the artist formally known as Beck. I have a genius wig. When I put that wig on, then the true genius emerges. I don't have enough hair to be a genius. I think you have to have hair going everywhere.
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Whereas if you have a camera in the courtroom, there's no filtering. What you see is what's there.
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I'ma continue to make records, continue to make hits, continue to be what I am, legendary.
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I did five seasons of 'Baywatch,' and I did four seasons of 'VIP.' I've been around awhile.
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You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.
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But I'm very thankful that no one is slamming my head against the wall anymore.
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Vegetables deplete soil. They're extractive. If soil has a bank account, vegetables make the largest withdrawals.
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The London property market has excellent investment opportunities.
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Truly nothing is to be expected but the unexpected.
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Carbs are devastating for the brain.
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Entrepreneurship transparency, I think, is important because there are so many problems that you just have to be real about them. There are so many ways for a startup to die, so the transparency attitude is key.
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What Ireland needs now above all else is peace.
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I don't know how Frank presented the old Mothers, since I never read the book. There might be some opinions on what he said, but I - or anyone else - could not make any corrections to anything Frank did.
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I'm pleased to announce that my government will build the much-needed Melbourne airport rail link.
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It's not the winter that bothers me – it's the summers.
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The biggest compliment I get is when someone tells me, 'You're so real.' Even if my journey isn't exactly like theirs.
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I soon found law school an unmitigated bore.
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It's not a question of how much power you can hoard for yourself, but how much you can give away.
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Children enter school as question marks and leave as periods.
