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“Can we find nothing good to say about TV? Well, yes, it brings scattered solitaries into a sort of communion. TV allows your isolated American to think that he participates in the life of the entire country. It does not actually place him in a community, but his heart is warmed with the suggestion (on the whole false) that there is a community somewhere in the vicinity and that his atomized consciousness will be drawn back toward the whole.”

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Book:It All Adds Up: From the Dim Past to the Uncertain Future

Source: It All Adds Up: From the Dim Past to the Uncertain Future

“Our point isn't to make an examination of popular film but to illustrate that the yearning for a heroic adventure lies just beneath the surface of our consciousness; film, television, literature, sports, and travel are in a sense vicarious adventures.”

Film Lying Literature Sports Consciousness Television Adventure Surface Heroic Yearning Examination Beneath The Surface Vicarious Popular Film

Book:The Faith of Leap (Shapevine): Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage

Source: The Faith of Leap (Shapevine): Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage

“If it true that perception is reality, then what is shown on TV is that part of the collective consciousness known as Public Knowledge, that is, the fragment of reality which the mass of people acknowledge to be true.”

People Ifs Reality Consciousness Known Knowledge Television Tvs Perception Mass Being True Acknowledge Collectives Fragments True Knowledge Collective Consciousness Perception Is Reality

Book:Mind Over Media: Essays on Film and Television

Source: Mind Over Media: Essays on Film and Television

“The Street is as large as consciousness itself. So, when creating art for the street, be mindful of where the public's head is at these days. Give the public a real alternative to the strict diet of celebrity gossip, religion, and un-reality television.”

Giving Art Real Reality Consciousness Streets Television Creating Alternatives These Days Diets Gossip Strict Creating Art Reality Television Celebrity Gossip

Author:Eric Drooker

“If we get away from the lazy and fuzzy thinking that is like a poison in our society - if we get away from all the bad television that we tend to watch - and begin to take up serious meditation and other sacred exercises, we will have a real revolution of consciousness. If that happens, the world will change by itself.”

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Author:Marianne Williamson

“The romance of circumvention is one of the most destructive forces at work in our society. The American Idol freeway to greatness, Instagramming one's way into popular consciousness with selfies of our ass folds beneath short shorts, human growth hormone and performance-enhancing drugs for athletes, Adderall for the idle mind, reality television that sacrifices our dignity for fifteen lousy minutes.”

“Art is art. Television has elevated itself, in certain ways, but it's always pushed people's consciousness.”

People Way Art Certain Consciousness Television Art Is

Author:Reese Witherspoon