December 2011
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US Weekly Magazine makes about $90 Million dollars annually. That is $90 Million dollars being spent every year on a weekly magazine of biased, superficial information on things like which celebrity dyed their hair and why they dyed it, which celebrity has the latest drama, which celebrity looks better in a specific dress, and so many other insignificant reports on the [completely staged] lives of...
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“When children play with toys that are based on media products, they play less...”
– Josh Golin, Comsuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood
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The size of Earth, in comparison to… let’s say, the sun… is equivalent to the size of a grain of sand. And even then the size of the sun, in comparison to Betelgeuse, is equivalent to the size of 1 pixel… and this is so on and so forth for however limited or infinite you think space really is. So taking that into consideration, Earth is basically nothing in size, yet it...
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“There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we...”
– John Lennon
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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you...”
– Mark Twain
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If anyone has seen the movie called ‘The Truman Show,’ this is what I get from it: Truman’s life is symbolic of the average person being trapped in the hands of the media, of product placement, consumerism… of being boxed in because they keep us afraid of life, afraid to try new things. And the way they broadcast his life to the whole world, where they are basically making...
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People actually dedicate their lives trying to fit up to this impossible ideal of perfection… and I mean that as in they really modify who they are as entire individuals, putting on a show for everyone else, every single day of their lives… never really opening up to the opportunity of experiencing anything that is truly for themselves. And it’s even to the extent of people determining...
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“What’s wrong with death, sir? What are we so mortally afraid of? Why...”
– Patch Adams ( movie )
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