Edward Bernays Quotes
We are dominated by the relatively small number of persons who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind.
Quotes to Explore
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When you mess up publicly, it can be difficult to get vulnerable again or to put yourself out there.
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We cannot let our respect for the FBI blind us from the fact the FBI has sometimes come up short of our expectations.
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I like to look good on the golf course.
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In China, I realized that if you visit often enough and learn the language, you will be assimilated, but you'll still be kept at arm's length; you'll always be looked on as a foreigner.
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McCain is the kid who was really cool in middle school but never got high school game and people are sick of him acting like he's still popular.
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That quality is what makes women great collaborators; we understand it's a team effort. Even if it comes from society telling us to be polite.
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What else could he possibly have done? What choices did he ever have?
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I do not want an echo of myself from my children. I do not want to hear from them merely the reverberation of my own voice.
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Cardio is tough after a day of skating, but with my iPod I can get into the moment and complete the cardio training for the day.
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All our thinking is of this nature, a free play with concepts.
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All in all, this whole period of winter 1919-20 was a single struggle to strengthen confidence in the victorious might of the young movement and raise it to that fanaticism of faith which can move mountains.
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If you try to fix violence with violence, you do NOTHING but create violence.
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They wanted me to have a point of view, to have my mind made up from the start on a number of things. I was to be tolerant but I was not to budge beyond a certain point, and if ever I was threatened at that point, I was to stand where I was and fight. My kinfolks thought more about character than about culture. The said culture could be acquired but character had to be formed. Character had to be hammered into shape like hot iron on an anvil. It had to be molded in the most exact and unrelenting form.
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The first information I consume in the morning is probably 'The New York Times' and then my Twitter feed. I think Twitter is a really fascinating, easy way to stay on top of what stories are out there.
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Nationalized industries are notorious for their inability to operate at a profit.
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I'm totally at home on the stage. That's where I live. That's where I was born. That's where I'm safe.
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We are dominated by the relatively small number of persons who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind.
