“If you're setting a game during the Cuban Missile Crisis, look through a library. find out what people were wearing, what other issues were in the news, how houses were furnished, what cars were being driven. Especially include things which now seem foreign.” PeopleIfsLooksSeemsGamesHouseIssuesCarNewsCrisisLibraryDrivenSettingSettingsMissilesCubanCuban Missile Crisis Author:Graham Nelson
“I understand that it's incredibly difficult to watch what's happening on the news every day and not become inured to it. I've fallen victim to that myself, wanting to look away.” LooksDifficultWatchesNewsHappeningsVictimFallen Author:Kevin Powers
“One thing we seem to be missing is that just as we no longer search for the news, the news finds us today (e.g. this article found me) we will no longer search for products and services, rather we will look to our social graph to what products and services they like and don't like.” LooksSeemsTodayFoundSocialOne ThingMissingProductsNewsArticlesGraphs Author:Erik Qualman
“There's no comparison between NPR and the propaganda that you hear from Rush or from Sean Hannity, the news movement conservatives that are just laying out, slathering out the disinformation and the lies, as I discuss in my book, 'Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right.'” LooksBookLyingMovementNewsFairsPropagandaComparisonLiarsBalancedSeanNpr Author:Al Franken
“As CNN saw our growth in African-American viewership, they affirmed a fundamental truth of news coverage - people will watch you if they see themselves in what you report. It doesn't hurt if the people doing the reporting look like them, too.” PeopleIfsLooksGrowthHurtWatchesSawsNewsFundamentalsAfrican AmericanReportsCoverageCnnNews Coverage Book:Latino in America Source: Latino in America
“Big media are all about the angle, the spin. Look to the overarching theme that runs through each and every news story. Be hip to the meta-narrative peddled.” LooksStoriesBigsRunningMediaNewsHipsNarrativeThemeAngleNews Stories Author:Ilana Mercer
“As an introvert, you can be your own best friend or your worst enemy. The good news is we generally like our own company, a quality that extroverts often envy. We find comfort in solitude and know how to soothe ourselves. Even our willingness to look at ourselves critically is often helpful.But, we can go too far. We can hoard responsibility and overlook the role others play. We can kick ourselves when we're down. How many times have you felt lousy about something, only to get mad at yourself for feeling lousy?” KnowsLooksPlayFeelingsFeltQualityResponsibilityCompanyEnemyRolesKnow HowWorstComfortSolitudeNewsMadEnvyKicksHelpfulWillingnessIntrovertGood NewsWorst EnemyExtroverts Author:Laurie Helgoe
“There is too much illustrating of the news these days. I look at many editorial cartoons and I don't know what the cartoonists are saying or how they feel about a certain issue.” KnowsFeelsLooksCertainIssuesToo MuchNewsThese DaysCartoonCartoonistEditorialsIllustrating Author:Paul Conrad
“Now it looks like I'll be known as the musical comedy guy. Which is good news for me. Or I'll be known as the New Zealand idiot.” LooksGuyKnownComedyNewsMusicalIdiotGood NewsNew Zealand Author:Bret McKenzie
“I just stay away from the news and try and find people around me who are doing positive things and look to them.” PeopleTryingLooksNewsPositive Things Author:Natalie Portman
“The news today about 'Atomic bombs' is so horrifying one is stunned. The utter folly of these lunatic physicists to consent to do such work for war-purposes: calmly plotting the destruction of the world! Such explosives in men's hands, while their moral and intellectual status is declining, is about as useful as giving out firearms to all inmates of a gaol and then saying that you hope 'this will ensure peace'. But one good thing may arise out of it, I suppose, if the write-ups are not overheated: Japan ought to cave in. Well we're in God's hands. But He does not look kindly on Babel-builders.” IfsMenWorldGivingWritingWellsLooksMayDoeWarHandsTodayPurposeMoralOughtNewsIntellectualDestructionGood ThingsAriseFollyBombsJapanConsentCavesPhysicistLunaticBuilderFirearmsExplosivesAtomic BombStunnedInmatesBabel Author:J. R. R. Tolkien
“There's no shortage of female role models. They're everywhere - in history, in literature, in the news. Just look around.” LooksLiteratureRolesNewsModelsFemaleRole ModelsShortageFemale RolesFemale Role Models Author:Keri Russell