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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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for November 17, 2013
I think that the electorate in many countries, particularly in America, has been dumbed down by the worst elements of radio and television, where a single opinion-spouter, an orac ...
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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for November 10, 2013
The microphone is not an ordinary instrument. For it looks out on vistas wide indeed. “Seems Radio Is Here To Stay” broadcast April 24,1939 on CBS ...
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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for November 3, 2013
Most of the Founding Fathers, were they able to tune in from the spirit world, would probably come to the conclusion that American democracy, as practiced today, is a failure. The ...
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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for October 27, 2013
I verify this thing: that brotherhood is not so wild a dream as those who profit by postponing it pretend. “Psalm for a Dark Year” broadcast November 9, 1941 on CBS ...
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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for October 20, 2013
This much a woman knows of stratagem: The unsheathed breast is keener than the naked sword. “Samson” broadcast August 10, 1941 on CBS ...
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NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for October 13, 2013
As has been shown in enough instances to indicate a pattern, a tough answer turneth away rats. Letter to Jerry Wald and Norman Krasna, October 5, 1951, from the book “Norma ...
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