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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 10, 2023

NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for December 10, 2023

And if you wish to assess the cost of beating the Fascists you must multiply the number of closed files in Departments of War by the exchange value of sorrow, which is infinite and has no decimals. “O ...

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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for December 3, 2023

NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for December 3, 2023

I hate compromise, except in the arena of social action, where it is a necessity. But in art, it is an alien force. From the book, “Years of the Electric Ear” (1994) ...

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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for November 26, 2023

NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for November 26, 2023

I was against any kind of fixed society that would demand obedience to a position. I feel that it’s the supreme right of the individual to express himself and to act by his conscience. “The Poet Laure ...

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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for November 19, 2023

NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for November 19, 2023

The men who were masterless but free now have a master but no freedom. However, they have discipline and a scapegoat, and one can go far on that. “On A Note Of Triumph” broadcast May 8 and again May13 ...

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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for November 12, 2023

NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for November 12, 2023

Just as madmen do not think they are mad, and bores think they are fascinating, pedants are never aware of their pedantry. “Pilpul” from the book “Trivializing America” (1983) ...

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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for November 5, 2023

NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for November 5, 2023

Radio has changed the world. It was a development by which a voice, a single voice, could be heard worldwide by millions of people. And that is a political instrument whose ramifications and whose cha ...

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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for October 29, 2023

NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for October 29, 2023

Just as it is advisable to count the spoons after a guest brags of honesty, it is well to mind particulars when generalities are flying loose. “Simplifications” from the book “Trivializing America” (1 ...

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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for October 22, 2023

NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for October 22, 2023

We learned out of World War II that we had learned nothing out of World War I. “The Poet Laureate of Radio: An Interview with Norman Corwin” December 28, 2004 ...

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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for October 15, 2023

NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for October 15, 2023

Now a compound fracture is a wicked thing, and so is a missing part. For Nature, in all her wisdom and notwithstanding her proven generosity, Made no allowances for blast. “There Will Be Time Later” b ...

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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for October 8, 2023

NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for October 8, 2023

There is no term in radio that is equivalent to couch potato or boob tube because the radio listener had to collaborate with what he was hearing as one collaborates with the author of a book when you’ ...

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