Michael Schudson Quotes

Advertising generally works to reinforce consumer trends rather than to initiate them.

Michael Schudson

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AdvertisingTrendsConsumerRather

It's strange: I've done so many things up until I did 'Obvious Child,' including writing children's books and making 'Marcel the Shell.' To me, the through-line is incredibly clear: it all comes from wanting to be connected to my own inner voice and not wanting to be on somebody else's agenda if that means that I can't be myself.

Jenny Slate

ChildrenMyselfChildMeWriting

Thatgamecompany was founded with the philosophy that games are a form of entertainment, and entertainment is the food for emotion.

Jenova Chen

FoodPhilosophyEntertainmentEmotion

Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.

Robert Henri

LoveSeaPowerThinkWhyThings

I don't know what Tracy Morgan does onstage, but I can assure you, it's no act.

Andy Kindler

YouI CanKnowActDoesMorgan

I use M.A.C. Brow Gel to bring out my eyebrows, then I curl my eyelashes every morning and apply M.A.C. Sheen Supreme Lipstick in Venomous Violet with my fingers - I use it as a lip balm multiple times throughout the day because I hate having bare lips.

Jeanne Damas

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Comedy is important! When you're having a stressful day, and you come home, you want to watch something that makes you laugh.

Michael Cudlitz

HomeDayLaughComedyYouImportant

Sometimes I really need the money, really need to go straight to work. But if I had the absolute choice - money no object, my mortgage paid off - I'd really just work once or twice a year - but wouldn't everybody! - or at least do a different job sometimes.

Sophie Okonedo

WorkMoneyJobYearChoiceGo

I grew up around a lot of various religions, so it's a part of my consciousness in a way. Everything from heavy Catholicism to followers of Indian spiritual masters to Unitarian universalists - all in one family. Though the family aspect was stronger than any particular dogma.

St. Vincent

FamilySpiritualStrongerWayHeavy

I believe that the organisers of this conference have chosen a very timely subject for our discussion - because the 21st century will confront us with an entirely new set of challenges.

Lord Robertson

ChallengesBelieveNewWillUs

You can't negotiate in public. People won't make concessions in public. They will do that in private. Like sausage making, you have to do it behind closed doors.

Jonathan Powell

PeopleDoorsYouWillSausageLike

What goes down on film is different to what you see with the naked eye.

Christopher Eccleston

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I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

Coco Chanel

LifeMy LifeEverythingOppositeDid

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