“I grew up with Scientology - my parents at one point were clerical. It's a pragmatic philosophy, not merely a belief system. Yeah, it's had media exposure because certain luminaries do Scientology, but millions of people do it who are not celebrities. It's not a threat or some cult.” PeoplePhilosophyCertainBeliefParentMillionsMediaGrewGrew UpYeahThreatCultExposurePragmaticBelief SystemsScientology Author:Giovanni Ribisi
“I think there's a certain sense of grounding that comes from not being a rich kid from a media-elite school.” ThinkingKidsSchoolCertainRichMediaElitesGroundingRich Kids Author:Shepard Smith
“Oftentimes in a society when people of a certain type, whether individual or a group, are subconsciously portrayed by the media as abnormal, they also slowly, subconsciously become enemies of that society due to feelings of cultural guilt. Ultimately by this the inflated media is an enemy of its very own cause.” PeopleFeelingsCertainIndividualCausesEnemyGroupsMediaTypeGuiltDuesAbnormal Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“I feel very strong as an individual, but as a famous footballer I know I am prone to certain things. All the media have a continuous interest for me. It varies from once a year to every day interest.” KnowsFeelsYearsCertainIndividualStrongSportsInterestMediaVery StrongVaryFootballer Author:Ruud van Nistelrooy
“People learn a lot about what they think they know about other people from what they see in the media. If they see certain types of images reproduced over and over again for other groups that limit them to narrow types of roles and portrayals, they start to take those prejudices into their interactions with those people in real society, and that creates all kinds of discriminatory problems.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsKindRealProblemCertainRolesGroupsMediaTypeLimitsPrejudiceAll KindsInteractionPortrayal Author:Darnell M. Hunt
“I'm an older, wall-eyed, overweight, tweedy writer who has been lucky enough to be asked to play various iterations of himself in a certain realm of popular cultutre. That gives me great joy and excitement, but I don't go to the media saying, "And I'm also the world's greatest actor."” WorldGivingHas BeensEnoughPlayJoyCertainActorsMediaWallLuckyGive MeVariousExcitementRealmsOverweightGreat Joy Author:John Hodgman
“Certain media attracts more pulpy or low-brow things, especially when they're young. Finding the best story, in any particular medium, is going to be as good, in any other medium.” StoriesYoungCertainMediaParticularFindingsLowsMediumsBrows Author:Corey Stoll
“There are certain people in our popular culture that just capture people's imaginations. And in death, they become even larger. Now, I have to admit that it's also fed by a 24/7 media that is insatiable.” PeopleCertainCultureImaginationMediaFedsCapturePopular CultureInsatiableMemorial Service Author:Barack Obama
“Kids today are sold so much, by corporations and media and commercials and advertising and music videos, that I do. A lot of times, they retain that stuff and wear it, and that's the concept of a hipster. It's about owning it and redefining it, on your own level. It's a way of retaining control and meaning, in a world where you're being told to think in a certain way.” ThinkingWorldWayKidsTodayCertainStuffLevelsMediaConceptsVideoAdvertisingCorporationsHipsterRetainingRedefiningOwning It Author:Joseph M. Kahn
“If you really like a movie these days, you don't watch it once, especially if you're a kid, because you have a different relationship with media. You expect that to be on your hard drive, and it will look just as good, any time you watch it. It's not like VHS, where you watched it a certain amount of times and it started fading away.” IfsLooksDifferentHardKidsCertainWatchesMediaAmountThese DaysFadingFading AwayDifferent Relationships Author:Joseph M. Kahn
“Everyone knows that Jews control the media and banks and stuff. But did you know that when you go to a carnival and you have to be a certain height to go on a ride, Jews control that height? It has nothing to do with safety. It's just us flexing our Semitic muscles.” KnowsCertainStuffMediaGoes OnSafetyJewHeightMusclesDid You KnowCarnivalsFlexing Author:Eugene Mirman
“What scares me most about the media is that so many of them don't realize that by presenting and highlighting certain issues, opinions, and perspectives over others, they can manipulate and control people's beliefs in subtle ways.” PeopleWayCertainBeliefRealizingOpinionIssuesMediaPerspectiveSubtleScareManipulatePresentingHighlighting Author:Oliver Stone
“We should think about what we mean by literacy. If you say, "He's a very literate person," what you really mean is that he knows a lot, thinks a lot, has a certain frame of mind that comes through reading and knowing about various subjects.The major route open to literacy has been through reading and writing text. But we're seeing new media offer richer ways to explore knowledge and communicate, through sound and pictures.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayShouldWritingMindMeanPersonsHas BeensCertainReadingSoundKnowingSeeingSubjectsMediaOffersMajorsVariousCommunicateRoutesLiteracyReally MeanReading And WritingFrame Of MindNew Media Author:Seymour Papert
“You witness the artists acting as witnesses, but they provide a point of view that's less monolithic. It's less official in a certain way. Many artists are speaking in the first person singular, as a reaction to dubbed-over media commentary. The thought is: "Enough with how we're represented by the media. Let me tell the story."” WayFirstsPersonsEnoughStoriesArtistCertainViewsActingMediaLet MePoint Of ViewReactionsWitnessOfficialsFirst PersonCommentary Author:Massimiliano Gioni
“When you get a certain amount of media attention, I think people are like, "Where's your other album?"” PeopleThinkingCertainAttentionMediaAmountAlbums Author:Beth Ditto
“I wanted to create a film that hadn't been created yet. I studied film for many years. The Room is almost 20 years of my work. You see, I understand young people unlike the media. I don't expect people to love The Room 100% but I respect that people enjoy it and that maybe it opens certain doors for them. That's what makes me happy.” PeopleYearsWantedFilmYoungCertainEnjoyRoomsDoorsMediaMake Me Happy Author:Tommy Wiseau
“I think poetry will survive and I don't think it will be the end of poetry. Our tremendous onslaught of mass media all the time that we're suffering and we don't really know how to think about, I think that puts certain things at risk.” ThinkingKnowsEndsCertainSufferingKnow HowRiskMediaMassMass Media Author:Edward Hirsch
“Those that are goofy enough to believe the outrageous lies and hate spewed about me in the mind-numb media are inconsequential and pathetic. Those that know me are certain of my goodness and connect with me deeply.” KnowsMindBelieveEnoughLyingCertainHateMediaGoodnessKnow MePatheticOutrageousNumbGoofyInconsequential Author:Ted Nugent
“Cynicism is something that is part of the media production of a certain type of subjectivity or consciousness that is passive and disempowered, cynical, fatalistic, pessimistic.” CertainConsciousnessMediaTypeProductionsCynicalCynicismPassivePessimisticSubjectivity Author:Daniel Pinchbeck
“My daily routine varies, but there are certain things I try to stick to, like journaling in the morning and establishing my mood before I check any social media or take any calls or e-mails. That helps get me started on the right foot.” TryingHelpingCertainSocialMorningFeetMediaSticksSocial MediaMoodChecksRoutineMailVaryJournalingDaily Routines Author:Xosha Roquemore
“There's people, like me and Jaden [Smith], who want to utilize social media to elevate the consciousness of those people who feel like all they want from social media is to be famous.Like, you can actually be a voice. You can actually say something that's inspiring and not just make people feel like you need to buy things and be a certain way.” PeopleWayWantNeedsFeelsCertainSocialVoiceConsciousnessMediaLike YouSocial MediaLike Me Author:Willow Smith
“That's what it is-it's jazz. It's just jazz. That's what the whole thing is about to me. It's about what's happening right now in this context. This conversation is jazz to a certain extent. It's improvisation. What appeals to me about music is the improvization. That's what I don't like about the media-they're not living it.” WholeCertainMediaRight NowConversationMusic IsHappeningsJazzAppealsImprovisation Author:Van Morrison
“I might take from the current political chaos a desire to somehow reflect its essential qualities in a story - the blatant lies that get accepted with repetition; the way mass media seems to be agitating people en masse; the way, particularly, that a relatively lucky and affluent and privileged population can be undone by a certain spoiled quality; that feeling when two decent people violently disagree, because they are arguing from two non-intersecting data sets - well, the list goes on.” PeopleWayWellsTwoStoriesFeelingsSeemsMightPoliticalLyingDesireCertainQualityMediaGoes OnLuckyEssentialsMassChaosPopulationCurrentsArguingListsAcceptedDataDecentDisagreePrivilegedRepetitionSpoiledUndoneMass MediaAffluentBlatant Lies Author:George Saunders
“If there's something I feel certain of, it is that we're not very aware of each other and that's largely because of social media.” IfsFeelsCertainSocialMediaSocial Media Author:Alton Brown
“I still think there is a huge emphasis on how women look, whether it's fitting a certain mold to play a certain type of character, or the idea that we might have insecurities based on the standards we see in the media.” ThinkingLooksStillsIdeasPlayCharacterMightCertainMediaHugeTypeStandardsInsecurityEmphasisMoldFitting Author:Lily Collins
“We have a media that goes along with the government by parroting phrases intended to provoke a certain emotional response - for example, "national security." Everyone says "national security" to the point that we now must use the term "national security." But it is not national security that they're concerned with; it is state security. And that's a key distinction.” StatesUseGovernmentCertainTermSecurityMediaExampleEmotionalKeysConcernedResponsePhrasesDistinctionProvokingNational SecurityEmotional Response Author:Edward Snowden