Adam Curtis Quotes
Things come and go in the news cycle like waves of fever.
Adam Curtis
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Mark Zuckerberg needs no introduction these days, what with all the magazine covers and morning news shows. My mother knows who he is now, and my mother can hardly turn on a computer.
Kara Swisher
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The good news is that economists are intelligent, engaging and often charming folks. The bad news is their work is often of little use to investors.
Barry Ritholtz
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In most cases, the news is not really news. But in some cases, discoveries are made and should be listened to.
Dan Shechtman
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Someone – a man – advised me not to become a news anchor because my eyelashes were too long, and they would distract the viewers.
Tamron Hall
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It's just funny that Americans have to contend with 2000 channels, and 60 different specific news sources, and the confusion that it creates, and the junk that we get to see is hilarious.
Adam McKay
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The news comes somewhat late, but I'm glad to hear it nevertheless.
Malcolm Campbell
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The real story of Detroit [...] can be summed up in seven words. Private enterprise built it, government destroyed it.
Peter Schiff
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One of the things that's funniest about the entertainment industry and comedy is that people go 'Oh, you're great, but I don't know what to do with you.' The great thing about the Internet is that nobody has to figure out what to do with you. You can figure out what to do with you, and you can say, 'I made this thing, and I'm going to put it out, and now if people want to come see me and buy things from me they can.'
Eugene Mirman
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I was a fervent Catholic, and I belonged to the national organizations, even becoming one of the national leaders, until the age of 21, 22.
Umberto Eco
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His students were hardly in a position to tell him when he was getting windy, and he had recently noticed, as most professors did after a while, that his lectures mysteriously seemed to be getting longer with time.
Aaron Elkins
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It applies in any business. Shoemakers should be run by shoe guys, and software firms by software guys, and supermarkets by supermarket guys. With the advice and support of their bean counters, absolutely, but with the final word going to those who live and breathe the customer experience. Passion and drive for excellence will win over the computer-like, dispassionate, analysis-driven philosophy every time.
Bob Lutz
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Things come and go in the news cycle like waves of fever.
Adam Curtis
