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Television is chewing gum for the eyes. - Frank Lloyd Wright

Television is chewing gum for the eyes. Frank Lloyd Wright

Eyes, Movies, Gum, Chewing Gum, Chewing

Nobody ever wins the first time they run for office. Nobody's ever supposed to win their first bid for office. Nobody's ever supposed to win without taking lobbyists' money. No one's ever supposed to defeat an incumbent. No one's ever supposed to run a grassroots campaign without running any ads on television. We did all of those things. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Time, Money, Win, Nobody, Defeat, Run

We live in a world where finding fault in others seems to be the favorite blood sport. It has long been the basis of political campaign strategy. It is the theme of much television programming across the world. It sells newspapers. Whenever we meet anyone, our first, almost unconscious reaction may be to look for imperfections. Henry B. Eyring

Live, World, Strategy, Long, Political

I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a good book. Groucho Marx

Good, Library, Book, Find, Say, Go

Chilling out on the bed in your hotel room watching television, while wearing your own pajamas, is sometimes the best part of a vacation. Laura Marano

Vacation, Best, Hotel, Own, Bed, Pajamas

We owe a lot to Thomas Edison - if it wasn't for him, we'd be watching television by candlelight. - Milton Berle

We owe a lot to Thomas Edison - if it wasn't for him, we'd be watching television by candlelight. Milton Berle

Funny, Watching, Him, Owe, Candlelight

Television is a medium because anything well done is rare. - Fred Allen

Television is a medium because anything well done is rare. Fred Allen

Technology, Well Done, Done, Anything

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace. - John Lennon

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace. John Lennon

Peace, Everyone, Another, Then, Set

In addition to needed gun control reforms, America urgently needs a stronger protest movement dedicated to reducing the glorification of violence in our culture - in music, film, television, video games, and even the Internet. Bernice King

Music, Culture, Video Games, Internet

I remember lying on the floor of my room, staring at a black-and-white television for most of the '80s - watching 'Diff'rent Strokes,' 'Facts of Life,' 'Silver Spoons,' Saturday morning cartoons, and 'Murder, She Wrote' while eating an insane amount of Stouffer's French bread pizza. I was sucked into it all. Jim Rash

Life, Morning, Pizza, Eating, Facts

Television could perform a great service in mass education, but there's no indication its sponsors have anything like this on their minds. Tallulah Bankhead

Education, Great, Service, Anything

The fact that television and tourism have made the whole world accessible has created the illusion that we enjoy intimate knowledge of other places, when we barely scratch their surface. For the vast majority, the knowledge of Thailand or Sri Lanka acquired through tourism consists of little more than the whereabouts of the beach. Martin Jacques

Knowledge, Beach, World, Illusion, Enjoy

Many of our own people here in this country do not ask about computers, telephones and television sets. They ask - when will we get a road to our village. Thabo Mbeki

People, Computers, Road, Country, Will

And I believe that good journalism, good television, can make our world a better place. Christiane Amanpour

Good, Better, World, Believe, Journalism

If it weren't for electricity, we'd all be watching television by candlelight. George Gobel

Electricity, Watching, Candlelight, Were

I will share a personal experience: my father was posted in Jammu & Kashmir during the Kargil war. I remember my mom sitting in front of television throughout the day reading tickers which had name of the martyrs. Anushka Sharma

Father, War, Experience, Day, Mom, Name

I felt that it was my mission to see to it that black talent had an opportunity to get national television exposure. Don Cornelius

Opportunity, Talent, Black, Mission, See

If you are black on television, you are probably going to be some kind of thug, gangster, or portrayed in a negative light. If you are some type of Muslim, you are going to be blowing stuff up. If you are Hispanic, you are going to be some type of gangbanger. I've felt like this for years. Charles Barkley

Light, Black, Negative, Gangster, You

The media has changed. We now give broadcast licenses to philosophies instead of people. People get confused and think there is no difference between news and entertainment. People who project themselves as journalists on television don't know the first thing about journalism. They are just there stirring up a hockey game. Gary Ackerman

People, Game, Hockey, Think, Journalism

Television is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet remain lonesome. T. S. Eliot

Time, People, Listen, Same, Joke, Remain

I watched some serious '80s television. 'Alice,' 'Good Times,' 'The Jeffersons,' 'Family Ties,' 'Cheers'... every night it was eat dinner, watch 'Cheers.' I was actually on 'Jeopardy' with Rebecca Lobo and Dot Richardson, and we were laughing because I was just nailing every random '80s trivia question - sitcom, theme music, movie, you name it. Summer Sanders

Family, Good, Music, Dinner, Random, You

If you think about jeans or phones or television, we are used to new brands popping up right and left. But in the car industry, we grew up with Mercedes, BMW, General Motors, and Ford, and nobody can remember during his or her upbringing a new car brand coming to life. Henrik Fisker

Life, Car, Brand, Think, New Car, You

The elections are run by the same industries that sell toothpaste on television. Noam Chomsky

Run, Same, Sell, Elections, Toothpaste

I realized I love motivating and I love empowering and I love inspiring people. I did that as an athlete for 18 years, and I am able to do that as a motivational speaker now as well as doing work on television. Dominique Dawes

Motivational, Work, Love, I Am, People

It is commonly agreed that children spend more hours per year watching television than in the classroom, and far less in actual conversation with their parents. Paul Weyrich

Children, Parents, Conversation, Year

When you're young, you look at television and think, there's a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that's not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want. Steve Jobs

Business, People, Think, You, Dumb, True

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