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Neil Postman Quotes

The idea of taking what people call the 'entertainment culture' as a focus of study, including historical perspective, is not a bad idea.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: March 8, 1931 - October 5, 2003

Topics

Culture Perspective Focus People Bad

I've been very successful doing voices in movies. I did Olive, the Other Reindeer, with Drew Barrymore, and I did Cats and Dogs. My children came to some of the sessions.

Children Cats Doing Movies Dogs

There's a tremendous amount to be gained from being a performer, and being an artist, and being an actor.

Artist Actor Being Performer Gained

In most mills, only the best portions of the best trees are used, while the ruins are left on the ground to feed great fires which kill much of what is left of the less desirable timber, together with the seedlings on which the permanence of the forest depends.

Great Best Together Trees Forest

I love the ability to transform because that, for me, is a liberation.

Love Me Ability Because Transform

I was mortified by my parents - what they did, who they were, everything. I hated who I was. I hated everything, and I would live in a fantasy world and try to be different. But that's not a lot different, I think, than a lot of kids.

Live Parents World Think Try Kids

I don't want to be a reality TV star - that's not for me.

Me Reality Want Reality TV Star TV

The hardest thing is spending twelve hours a day accommodating the rest of the world, then going home at night and criticizing it. I would be curious about what I'd write if I didn't have to worry about offending.

Home Day Curious World Night Rest

I would like to see the technology used to explore more period horror genre works, for example, E. A. Poe.

Technology Horror More Explore See

I think I've been skeptical of violent passion for a long time. I think 'Pinkerton' is about that a lot - seeing how, every time I've felt really passionate for someone, as soon as I 'acquire' them or feel like I've acquired them, the passion goes away.

Passion Time Think Feel Someone

I can represent my culture while helping not only the Chinese-American community, but also the community at large.

Community Culture I Can Only Helping

You only know what you know.

As I get older, my body isn't bulletproof, and it's starting to break down. And I'm still young, so it's something that I have to maintain, something that I have to work extra, extra hard, just as hard as my golf game, I have to work on my body as well.

Work Game Golf Body Down Young

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