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    Television is the literature of the illiterate, the culture of the low-brow, the wealth of the poor, the privilage of the underprivilaged, the exclusive club of the excluded masses.

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Fine art and pizza delivery: what we do falls neatly in between.

Fine art and pizza delivery: what we do falls neatly in between.

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The Television commercial is the most efficient power-packed capsule of education that appears anywhere on TV.

The Television commercial is the most efficient power-packed capsule of education that appears anywhere on TV.

by C. L. Gray Found in: Television Quotes,
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Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn't have in read more

Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn't have in your home.

by David Frost Found in: Television Quotes,
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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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If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.

by John Lennon Found in: Television Quotes,
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By the age of six the average child will have completed the basic American education.... From television, the child will read more

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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Television: A medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well done.

Television: A medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well done.

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When television is good, nothing is better. But when television is bad, nothing is worse. I invite you to sit read more

When television is good, nothing is better. But when television is bad, nothing is worse. I invite you to sit down in front of your TV set and keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that you will observe a vast wasteland.

by Newton Minnow Found in: Television Quotes,
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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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