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“The only person who listens to both sides of an argument is the fellow in the next apartment.”

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Ruth Brown, an American jazz singer and songwriter, was born on January 12, 1928, and passed away on November 17, 2006. Known for her distinctive voice and emotional delivery, she was a significant figure in the jazz scene of the 1950s. more

“The television screen is the lens through which most children learn about violence. Through the magnifying power of this lens, their everyday life becomes suffused by images of shootings, family violence, gang warfare, kidnappings, and everything else that contributes to violence in our society. It shapes their experiences long before they have had the opportunity to consent to such shaping or developed the ability to cope adequately with this knowledge.”

Children Long Opportunity Ability Violence Television Shapes Everyday Screens Shooting Our Society Warfare Consent Everyday Life Lenses Gang Kidnapping Magnifying Family Violence

Author:Sissela Bok

“America may be the only society on earth to have experienced what has been called an 'epidemic of children killing children,' which is ravaging some of its communities today.”

May Children Has Beens Today Earth America Community United States Violence Crime Killing Epidemics

Author:Sissela Bok

“Deceit and violence - these are the two forms of deliberate assault on human beings.”

Humans Two Form Human Beings Violence Deception Deceit Assault Deliberate

Book:Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life

Source: Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life

“Some level of truthfulness has always been seen as essential to human society, no matter how deficient the observance of other moral principles.”

Humans Matter Truth Levels Moral Principles Essentials Truthfulness Human Society Moral Principles Observance

Book:Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life

Source: Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life

“Much as being active in the antislavery movement of the last century involved more than not engaging in slavery oneself, so joining in an antiviolence movement has to go beyond opting for nonviolence in one's personal life. It calls for engaging in imaginative and forceful practices of nonviolent resistance to violence, including taking a stand toward entertainment violence.”

“Regardless of how often the appetite for entertainment violence becomes addictive, increased exposure does risk further desensitizing viewers. And the element of pleasure that they derive may lead them to regard violence as a more acceptable way of dealing with problems, and victimization as more tolerable so long as it befalls others, not themselves.”

Way May Long Doe Problem Pleasure Violence Risk Elements Regard Entertainment Appetite Acceptable Viewers Exposure Tolerable Victimization Dealing With Problems

Author:Sissela Bok

“Sitting too long in front of a screen proves both physically and psychologically debilitating, no matter how innocuous or even beneficial the programs may be.”

May Long Matter Fronts Prove Sitting Program Screens Beneficial

Author:Sissela Bok

“Ultimately the Force is the larger mystery of the universe. And to trust your feelings is your way into that.”

Way Feelings Universe Force Mystery

Author:George Lucas

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