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    By the age of six the average child will have completed the basic American education.... From television, the child will have learned how to pick a lock, commit a fairly elaborate bank holdup, prevent wetness all day long, get the laundry twice as white, and kill people with a variety of sophisticated armaments.

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All television is educational television. The question is: what is it teaching?

All television is educational television. The question is: what is it teaching?

by Nicholas Johnson Found in: Television Quotes,
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Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the read more

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.

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The television, that insidious beast, that Medusa which freezes a billion people to stone every night, staring fixedly, that Siren read more

The television, that insidious beast, that Medusa which freezes a billion people to stone every night, staring fixedly, that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little.

by Ray Bradbury Found in: Television Quotes,
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Did you ever think about life as a metaphor for television?

Did you ever think about life as a metaphor for television?

by Chuck Palahniuk Found in: Television Quotes,
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They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program.

They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program.

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My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do read more

My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man

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What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and read more

What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them

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I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read read more

I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.

by Groucho Marx Found in: Television Quotes,
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When television is good, nothing is better. When it's bad, nothing is worse.

When television is good, nothing is better. When it's bad, nothing is worse.

by Newton N. Minow Found in: Television Quotes,
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