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John Fiske Quotes

Realism is not a matter of any fidelity to an empirical reality, but of the discursive conventions by which and for which a sense of reality is constructed.

John Fiske

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: american
Birth: 1842 - 1901

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Team Obama continues to dominate new media, spending far more effort and money than Team Romney in targeted online youth outreach.

Jennifer Granholm

Money Effort Team Youth Media New

We have an unprecedented number of primary care doctors who are opting out of Medicare.

John Fleming

Care Out Number Who Medicare

People come up to me in airports, they walk into the office, and they say, 'I'm going to cry; I'm going to pass out.' And I say, 'Please don't pass out; I'm not a doctor.'

John Lewis

Walk People Me Doctor Cry Say

Yeah, I was always a big fan of noir.

Robert Rodriguez

Always Big Big Fan Fan Noir Yeah

If I hadn't gone to dancing school, I would have married and had children like my mum and had a normal life.

Jean Simmons

Life Children School Dancing Gone

The Spanish and German leagues are of a very high standard. Along with the Premier League, they are probably the best.

Toni Kroos

Best High Along Spanish Very League

My mother was apt to fall out on the floor and start speaking in tongues. Actually, it was a great performance... It was great theater. As a 5-year-old, I understood that, although it scared me and there was a little part of me going, 'I don't know about this. This seems over-the-top to me,' at the same time, I did understand that this was passion.

Rodney Crowell

Mother Passion Great Time Me Start

'Footloose' is a fun movie. If you do it right, people should leave wanting to dance.

Miles Teller

Dance Fun People You Right Leave

I think a lot of ladies get quite scared about people like me, 'rock stars', and it can be hard to meet the right sort of person.

Jay Kay

Stars People Me Think Person Meet

California is one of the strongest states with one of the solidest economies but, at the same time, ignores the reality of its farm workers.

Diego Luna

Time Reality Farm California Workers

There is something about liberalism that is not nearly as true about conservatism. The further left one goes, the more one finds that the ideology provides moral cover for a life that is not moral. While many people left of center lead fine personal lives, many do not.

Dennis Prager

Life People Moral True Personal

When I met my wife Vicky's family, I had to go out of my way to convince them, to show them, that I wasn't anything like their idea of a musician.

Chris Cornell

Family Wife Go Way Out Anything