“Daydreaming defeats practice; those of us who browse TV while working out will never reach the top ranks. Paying full attention seems to boost the mind's processing speed, strengthen synaptic connections, and expand or create neural networks for what we are practicing.” MindSeemsMotivationalAttentionPracticeTvsConnectionsDefeatWork OutSpeedDaydreamingBoostProcessingNeural Networks Book:Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence Source: Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence
“When I was 11, I moved to the United States with my two brothers and my mom. We moved to northern New York, up near the Canadian border, from Argentina, and there was nobody there that spoke Spanish, and because there was no internet at the time, not even cable TV yet, I lost the connection with my childhood friends and the culture I had been brought up with for my first decade completely.” FirstsTwoStatesCultureLostUnitedUnited StatesChildhoodNew YorkBrotherTvsMomInternetConnectionsMovedMy MomDecadesBordersSpokesCablesArgentinaTwo BrothersCable TvChildhood Friend Author:Viggo Mortensen
“Hollywood can be an exclusive place. Who gets to be on TV, or who gets to make TV can be a small clique of an industry. There's so many talented, skilled people, all over the world, that might not have the connections or the opportunities to work in TV.” PeopleWorldMightOpportunityTvsIndustryConnectionsHollywoodExclusiveClique Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“I look at it this way: How much of the day are you awake? You think, "I've gotta get that dry cleaning, I gotta get this going, and this, and this, and this." And all of a sudden it's dinnertime. And then there's a moment of connection with your spouse or your friends. Then you read and go to bed. Wake up and then it's the same all over. You're not awake, you're not living, you're not experiencing. We start early medicating ourselves. We start kids early, on TV and video games and so on.” ThinkingWayLifeLooksMomentsKidsGamesTvsBedConnectionsWake UpVideoAwakeDryOver YouSpouseCleaningDry Cleaning Author:Tim Allen
“I own no TV stations, or Radio Stations or Newspapers. But I feel that people need to be educated as to what is going on, and to understand the connection between the news media and the instruments of repression in Amerika. All I have is my voice, my spirit and the will to tell the truth. But I sincerely ask, those of you in the Black media, those of you in the progressive media, those of you who believe in true freedom, to publish this statement and to let people know what is happening. We have no voice, so you must be the voice of the voiceless.” PeopleKnowsNeedsFeelsBelieveSpiritAsksBlackVoiceMediaTvsNewsHappeningsConnectionsInstrumentsRadioNewspapersStatementsEducatedTelling The TruthStationsProgressivePublishSincerelyRepressionTrue FreedomRadio StationsNews MediaVoiceless Author:Assata Shakur
“I think I always felt a connection to music and to movement. Growing up, I was surrounded by R&B and Hip-Hop, and the closest thing I could find to dance was gymnastics which I watched on TV.” ThinkingFeltGrowing UpGrowingMovementTvsConnectionsHip HopHipsHopsClosestGymnastics Author:Misty Copeland
“I think that people want to go to the movies and watch shows on TV or in theaters that make them feel good and music really does that. Not only can you watch something and connect to dialogue, but when you listen to a song, it gives a whole other element of connection and you get that feeling like you want to stand up and dance and sing.” PeopleThinkingWantGivingFeelsDoeWholeShowsFeelingsSongWatchesTvsLike YouElementsConnectionsTheaterDialogueFeel Good Author:Brittany Snow
“You really have to do your job as a writer and push people to be as creative as possible. What's nice about the TV medium is you have such a connection to the characters that when somebody dies, the audience cries. They really feel it. You really don't cry when someone dies in a horror movie.” PeopleFeelsCharacterJobsDiesAudienceCreativeNiceCryTvsHorrorConnectionsMediumsWhen Someone Dies Author:Glen Mazzara
“I had that perfect deadpan ... for these commercials. Within the first eight months I had eight national TV commercials. I'm a true Hollywood success story - knew no one, had no connections.” FirstsStoriesPerfectTvsMonthsConnectionsHollywoodEightSuccess StoriesTv Commercial Author:Leslie Jordan
“I don't even know of a room that doesn't have a flat-screen TV in it. These are things that just come in environments these days. And if you were going to walk into a space, where did you come from? Was there a bathroom around the corner? These are things that are authentic, and that's what makes successful television. It's not pre-produced garbage. It's believability and connection. The environment has to tell that story.” IfsKnowsStoriesSpaceWalksRoomsSuccessfulEnvironmentTelevisionTvsConnectionsCornersScreensThese DaysFlatsBathroomGarbageAround The CornerBelievability Author:James Pearse Connelly
“I'm always going to hear people make that connection and I've just accepted it. It's alright. I'm just happy that I get to do my own thing now. I learned a lot from the show [the Voice] as far as being in the TV world and being in front of the camera, which is really great because I'm not as nervous in front of the camera as I was before.” PeopleWorldShowsVoiceMy OwnFrontsTvsConnectionsCamerasAcceptedNervousReally GreatAlright Author:Melanie Martinez
“It's very enigmatic because of course, the population [of North Korea] has no contact with the world outside or it's very, very limited. They don't have any telephone connections, no radio, no TV, no movies, no newspapers - nothing from the outside world. This is very strange and there's the very strict, unifying government that forces you to be in step. You see it in the stadium where the spectators create, by flipping cards, an image of the dear leader, or of the volcano, and it's made of a 100,000 human pictures.” WorldHumansMadeGovernmentCoursesForceLeaderStepsStrangeTvsConnectionsDearPopulationRadioNewspapersContactCardsStrictTelephonesSpectatorsKoreaNorth KoreaStadiumsOutside WorldVolcanoesUnifyingEnigmatic Author:Werner Herzog
“I love radio! I think radio, done right, can have more influence and have a greater connection with people and be more deeply meaningful than another medium like TV, which is on all the time and you're paying attention to it half the time.” PeopleThinkingDoneAttentionHalfGreaterInfluenceTvsConnectionsRadioMeaningfulMediumsPay Attention Author:Rush Limbaugh
“We need saints; we need this head - this talking head - to communicate. Every single religion you have people that go in-between, that can talk to god or communicate ideas. Then there are the talking heads in the news every time we watch TV. No matter how complex, you still need a person there to tell you what happened: a storyteller of sorts. I find that fascinating that we feel so attached to this primitive mode of connection, this primitive interface to the world.” PeopleWorldNeedsFeelsPersonsStillsIdeasMatterTalkingWatchesHappenedTvsNewsConnectionsComplexesSaintCommunicateFascinatingPrimitiveStorytellerInterfacesTalking Heads Author:Vik Muniz
“You know what I noticed when I was with Jacob? In your world, people can reach each other in an instant. There's the telephone, and the fax - and on the computer you can talk to someone all the way around the world. You've got people telling their secrets on TV talk shows, and magazines that publish pictures of movie stars trying to hide their homes. All those connections, but everyone there seems so lonely.” PeopleKnowsWorldWayTryingShowsHomeSeemsStarsSecretTvsComputerLonelyConnectionsMagazinesAround The WorldInstantTelephonesMovie StarPublishJacobTalk ShowsSo LonelyFax Book:Plain Truth Source: Plain Truth