#fabric

Despite the variety and the differences, and however much we proclaim the contrary, what the media produce is neither spontaneous nor completely “free:” “news” does not just happen, pictures and ideas do not merely spring from reality into our eyes and minds, truth is not directly available, we do not have unrestrained variety at our disposal. For like all modes of communication, television, radio, and newspapers observe certain rules and conventions to get things across intelligibly, and it is these, often more than the reality being conveyed, that shape the material delivered by the media. ↗

— Edward W. Said

#lies #media #news #reality #communication

I believe we should use all means necessary to prevent the acquisition or fabrication of nuclear weapons by countries or groups hostile to the U. S. We should act in concert with our allies who are similarly working to protect their countries. ↗

— Sandy Adams

#act #allies #believe #concert #countries

Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#about #begin #being #construct #deeper

I care more about telly because it made me an actor and there's a much more immediate response to TV. You can address the political or cultural fabric of your country. ↗

— Christopher Eccleston

#actor #address #because #care #country

Good schools underpin not only our economy, but the social fabric of our lives. ↗

— Donald L. Carcieri

#fabric #good #good schools #lives #only

Leadership can't be fabricated. If it is fabricated and rehearsed, you can't fool the guys in the locker room. So when you talk about leadership, it comes with performance. Leadership comes with consistency. ↗

— Junior Seau

#comes #consistency #fabricated #fool #guys

I find it very, very hard. He was part of the fabric of my life. We were kids together, and teenagers. We spent the whole of our lives with each other because of our music. ↗

— Robin Gibb

#each #fabric #find #hard #i

Puritanism, in whatever expression, is a poisonous germ. On the surface everything may look strong and vigorous; yet the poison works its way persistently, until the entire fabric is doomed. ↗

— Emma Goldman

#entire #everything #expression #fabric #germ

I buy about $1,500 worth of papers every month. Not that I trust them. I'm looking for the crack in the fabric. ↗

— Dick Gregory

#buy #crack #every #fabric #i

What interested me was not news, but appraisal. What I sought was to grasp the flavor of a man, his texture, his impact, what he stood for, what he believed in, what made him what he was and what color he gave to the fabric of his time. ↗

— John Gunther

#believed #color #fabric #flavor #gave