NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for January 26, 2014
Not only are you not isolated in the world, but the world you’re not isolated in, is getting smaller and smaller. “Citizen of the World” broadcast July 10, 1949 on CBS ...
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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for January 19, 2014
I think that the Golden Age of Radio was the shortest golden age in history. “The Poet Laureate of Radio: An Interview with Norman Corwin” December 28, 2004 ...
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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for January 12, 2014
That’s how to prepare a race for slavery. Keep them poor, get them drunk, fill them full of cheap music and dirty corrupt entertainment—if they can afford it on their slave wages. ...
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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for January 5, 2014
This man who understands the vast complexity of logarithms and who has formulas for light and heat, for logic and hydraulics, and for stress and strain—this same man can divide so ...
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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for December 29, 2013
May tribes of trees descend with your children to a time when the shade of the oak spreads wider than the shadow of war. “Fifty Years After 14 August” broadcast August 1995 ...
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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for December 22, 2013
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 ...
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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for December 15, 2013
Poverty is an old as hunger, but in a world where massive government buildings, super-supermarkets, sprawling theme parks, city-sized airports and colossal stadiums rise overnight ...
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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for December 8, 2013
There’s really one language in the world: that is the language of responsible conscience and awareness, the worldwide instinct for freedom. “The Poet Laureate of Radio: An ...
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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for December 1, 2013
I love questions. They are the spirit of inquiry. Philosophically, the interrogation mark is perhaps the greatest single symbol of man’s existence on this earth. We have noting bu ...
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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for November 24, 2013
A major radio news station has a slogan which it repeats throughout the day: “Give us 22 minutes, and we’ll give you the world.” No doubt the world has grown smaller—but that smal ...
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