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About Patrick Losey

  • Michael James Kacey began his career as an actor before embracing filmmaking. He has written, directed and produced two feature films through his company Anthracite Films: "Daybreak" and "The Poet Laureate of Radio: An Interview with Norman Corwin." His current project, a detailed look at radio in America, is called "In The Public Interest."
NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for December 25, 2022

NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for December 25, 2022

We’ve lost prestige, and I greatly deplore That we stand to in danger of losing more In the way of confidence and spirit. We’re far from our goal—we’re in no way near it! And this is the reason: thoug ...

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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for December 18, 2022

NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for December 18, 2022

Our broadcasters have succeeded in conditioning a people once accustomed to seeing a play or a film without interruption, to tolerate the fragmentizing of movies by as many as 20 or 40 commercials. We ...

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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for December 11, 2022

NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for December 11, 2022

Congress took only eight minutes to declare war on Germany; and in the same session it took only five minutes to declare war on Japan, but between this war and the last one, the world took twenty year ...

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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for December 4, 2022

NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for December 4, 2022

I don’t believe in the necessity of what is too often and too loosely termed “balanced judgment” or “balanced programming.” There is, I think, no other side to a lie that translates itself into wholes ...

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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for November 27, 2022

NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for November 27, 2022

The siren is a musician of no value, knowing only one tune, each time played, is a disturbance of the peace. “On A Note Of Triumph” broadcast May 8 and again May13, 1945 on CBS ...

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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for November 20, 2022

NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for November 20, 2022

But the scientist has to mature like everyone else. He has to do more than create—he has to help bring up what he creates—rear it—like a child—and not run away from it. He has to see that it grows up ...

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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for November 13, 2022

NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for November 13, 2022

Oppression is a burden heavier than mountains, and only a great force can lift it. “Document A/777” broadcast on March 26, 1950 on MBS ...

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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for November 6, 2022

NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for November 6, 2022

We’ve punched holes as big as a continent in the ozone layer, we’ve gorged ourselves on resources that can’t be replaced, we’ve dumped toxins in landfills that are likely to leak, we’ve percolated gre ...

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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for October 30, 2022

NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for October 30, 2022

We must get over the notions that (1) social programs are a swindle and public welfare a racket; (2) anything, including security, can be bought if there is enough money; (3) everything left of center ...

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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for October 23, 2022

NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for October 23, 2022

When I first heard of science, as a mere fairykin—I thought it was cute. I thought it was a kind of servant to you mortals, so you could have more time to play poker and write poems and figure out way ...

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