#distort

Lies and distortions can be spread, via the Internet, in an inexpensive way, and the effects are astounding. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#distortions #effects #inexpensive #internet #lies

I first came to think about media and politics in the late 1960s, having observed some distortions up close, but since then I wouldn't say that my personal experience has remained an important motive for my writing about media. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

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The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

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We suspect Dr. Clutterbuck's sense of hearing must be injured: for him the 'ear trumpet' magnifies but distorts sound, rendering it less distinct than before. ↗

— Robert James Graves

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There is no more reason why the features belonging to a picture should be distorted for the purpose of such imaginative suggestion than that the poet's metaphors should spoil his words for the ordinary uses of man. ↗

— William H. Hunt

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In talking, shyness and timidity distort the very meaning of my words. I don't pretend to know anybody well. People are like shadows to me and I am like a shadow. ↗

— Gwen John

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World & people only seem unlovable due to toxins & lies they've been fed. Release distortions of mind. Return all to innocence & freedom ↗

— Jay Woodman

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Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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The definition of winning has become distorted. If winning the rights to a property brings with it hundreds of millions of dollars in losses, what have you won? When faced with the prospect of heavy financial losses, we have consistently walked away and have done so again. ↗

— Dick Ebersol

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Suppose we were able to share meanings freely without a compulsive urge to impose our view or conform to those of others and without distortion and self-deception. Would this not constitute a real revolution in culture. ↗

— David Bohm

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