“One night, I was lying in bed, and I was channel surfing between reality TV programs and actual war coverage. On one channel, there's a group of young people competing for I don't even know; and on the next, there's a group of young people fighting in an actual war. I was really tired, and the lines between these stories started to blur in a very unsettling way. That's the moment when Katniss's story came to me.” PeopleKnowsWayWarMomentsStoriesRealityYoungLyingNightFightingNextLinesGroupsTvsBedProgramTiredCompetingSurfingOne NightCoverageBlurReality TvKatniss Author:Suzanne Collins
“Of course, on a job, you have a shared common interest in the fact that you're there making a movie or making a TV show, and that creates unification within a group. There has to be something more than just the work for that to continue on, for that friendship to continue on.” FactsShowsJobsCoursesInterestCommonGroupsTvsTv ShowsUnificationCommon Interests Author:Jamie Campbell Bower
“The hardest thing to walk away from, over a long-form TV show, is the comradery of the company, both with the crew and the group of actors.” LongShowsFormActorsWalksCompanyGroupsTvsHardestTv ShowsCrewHardest ThingComradery Author:Joshua Jackson
“I think that most of the action in religion is around the home, is in families, and is in individual lives, and they can go on their own searches, watch their own TV shows, read their own books, form their own groups and discuss it, but that's where the action is - on the home front.” ThinkingBookShowsHomeActionFormIndividualWatchesGroupsFrontsTvsGoes OnTv ShowsIndividual Life Author:Bruce Feiler
“The truth is, there is no Islamic army or terrorist group called Al Qaida. And any informed intelligence officer knows this. But there is a propaganda campaign to make the public believe in the presence of an identified entity representing the 'devil' only in order to drive the TV watcher to accept a unified international leadership for a war against terrorism. The country behind this propaganda is the US . . .” KnowsBelieveWarCountryOrderBehindsAcceptingGroupsTvsTruth IsDevilArmyInternationalTerrorismCampaignsTerroristPropagandaIslamicAlsOfficersEntityRepresentingUnifiedWatchersTerrorist GroupsIntelligence Officers Author:Robin Cook
“Indians are very racist. It's deeply ingrained. But there is so much pressure by peer groups, magazines, billboards and TV adverts that perpetuate this idea that fair is the ideal.” IdeasGroupsTvsFairsIdealsPressureMagazinesRacistPeersBillboardsAdvertsPeer Group Author:Nandita Das