Ben Bagdikian Quotes
If you not longer let the community hear all of it's significant voices - you begin to have; a single narrow view of: the problems of the society, of the solutions of society - and you begun soon or later overwhelmed by the society you don't understand.
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You're going through the horror of it, you're going through the isolation of it but you're being empowered by reminding yourself that you're connected to everybody else.
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Even if I'm gone all day, breakfast is the one meal I always cook for my kids. I make French toast, oatmeal, or an egg burrito.
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I think you need brains to do any Shakespeare with any authority. I could do Shakespeare, but not with any authority.
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Love what you do, not the love you get for doing it.
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I do remember in high school I wanted to be a disc jockey.
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I try to do my best.
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For the first time I'm free to be myself.
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Forgiving the men who killed my parents and brother was a process, a journey into deeper and deeper prayer.
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I want to go create my own independent content and entertainment, in new models and in new ways, and essentially show studios and networks that people are good.
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I get the feeling that people from outside the world of contemporary art see it as deserving of mockery, in an emperor's-new-clothes sort of way. I think that's not right and that it's just because they don't understand the discourse.
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I'm not at all a hero. I'm a wussy.
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In a competitive industry, only paranoid incumbents - those constantly striving for betterment - have any hope of surviving.
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I have a son, Mason, who is disabled - cerebral palsy - and he does not walk independently, sit independently or speak. He uses a talking computer. I started becoming an advocate for him when he was 3 years old.
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One of the things that would be great is to some day have so many women comedy writers that we wouldn't say there's just one type of female humor. There's lots.
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If you're a designer, there's got to be some films that you've seen that have inspired you creatively. There's no escaping that.
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In the nineties, it was common to see people who expressed themselves through one designer - the Jil Sander woman, the Martin Margiela woman. You saw her on the street, and you knew who she was.
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A lot of people in line at the grocery store think that they know me, but they don't.
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You know what I would love? I would love to be one of those actresses who can come out with a film or come out with a new commercial without the world knowing about it.
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I'm enjoying simplifying things.
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Youth theatre isn't just about a precocious child that wants to sing and dance in front of people. It's for everyone; it's about a community, it's about being supported by your peer group. You learn skills - not just acting but all the other sides - working in the TV, film, and theatre industry.
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There was one man in the Labour government, Robin Cook, whom I had a very high regard for. He had the courage to speak out and to resign over Iraq. He was an admirable man. But resignation over a matter of principle is not a very fashionable thing in our society.
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There's a whole vampire community online - those are some crazy people.
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I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me.
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If you not longer let the community hear all of it's significant voices - you begin to have; a single narrow view of: the problems of the society, of the solutions of society - and you begun soon or later overwhelmed by the society you don't understand.
