“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.” FilmLyingLiteratureSportsConsciousnessTelevisionAdventureSurfaceHeroicYearningExaminationBeneath The SurfaceVicariousPopular 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
“Television is a constant stream of fact, opinions, lies, moral dilemmas, plots: an infinitely complex and sophisticated torrent of information. How could it not make you cleverer? The only people who ever thought television rotted the brain and made kids dumb were those with a vested interest in other ways of learning, or those who were intellectually insecure, usually about books.” PeopleWayMadeBookFactsKidsLyingInterestBrainMoralOpinionInformationTelevisionConstantComplexesDumbStreamsPlotSophisticatedInsecureDilemmaVested InterestsMoral DilemmaInterest In Others Author:A. A. Gill
“Buy or borrow self-improvement books, but don't read them. Stack them around your bedroom and use them as places to rest bowls of cookies.Watch exercise shows on television, but don't do the exercises. Practice believing that the benefit lies in imagining yourself doing the exercises.Don't power walk. Saunter slowly in the sun, eating chocolate, and carry a blanket so you can take a nap.” BelieveBookSelfUseShowsLyingWalksWatchesPracticeSunTelevisionExerciseBenefitsEatingSelf ImprovementImprovementChocolateBowlsBedroomCookiesBlanketNapsEating ChocolateImagining Yourself Author:Sark
“When I'm not working, I am the laziest person. I can literally lie on a couch and watch television for 15 hours.” PersonsI CanLyingHoursWatchesTelevisionCouches Author:Jennifer Lawrence
“Few parents teach their children how phoney the ads on TV are, how many lies and exaggerations they contain. How could they? These parents were also raised on television ballyhoo.” ChildrenLyingParentTeachTelevisionTvsRaisedAdsExaggeration Author:Louise Hay
“A democracy survives when its citizens have access to trustworthy and impartial sources of information, when it can discern lies from truth. Take this away and a democracy dies. The fusion of news and entertainment, the rise of a class of celebrity journalists on television who define reporting by their access to the famous and the powerful, the retreat by many readers into the ideological ghettos of the Internet and the ruthless drive by corporations to destroy the traditional news business are leaving us deaf, dumb and blind.” LyingDiesPowerfulClassDemocracyInformationTelevisionSourceReaderInternetCitizensNewsBlindLeavingEntertainmentAccessTraditionalDumbJournalistCorporationsRetreatDeafRuthlessIdeologicalGhettoTrustworthyFusion Author:Chris Hedges
“I can't stop some idiot from crashing into a building or blowing up a bus, I can only be your dad and give you a few pure truths. Number one, duct tape will save your life. Number two, Tupac is alive, but I need you to keep that on the DL because of Suge. And number three, don't be afraid of anything - except the television news because they're lying to you every night.” NeedsGivingI CanTwoLyingNightThreeNumbersAliveTelevisionBuildingDadPureNewsIdiotBusTapeEvery NightNeed YouI Need YouYour DadBlowing UpDuct TapeNumber ThreeTelevision News Author:Christopher Titus
“Perhaps by sharing my personal weight-loss journey on television, I can help others confront the truth and lies behind obesity.” I CanHelpingLyingLossBehindsJourneyTelevisionWeightHelping OthersWeight LossObesityTruth And Lies Author:Ruby Gettinger
“People are put down in television now, not because they're not qualitative, not because they're not talented - but because there's no room for them, and worse than that, there's nowhere they can find exposure. Their own good talent may die of mourning, just for want of having somebody read what they've written. I don't presume to say how we can best provide platforms for new writers to get read. I don't know. But therein lies the major problem.” PeopleKnowsWantMayProblemLyingDiesRoomsWrittenTalentTelevisionMajorsMourningPlatformsExposureMajor ProblemsQualitative Author:Rod Serling