NORMAN CORWIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK for February 9, 2014
Lobbyist have the right legally to lobby their heads off directly to the public—through media, barnstorming speeches, and all channels open to free speech—but corporation contribu ...
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Well for one thing, knights are very hard on giants. Merely to be a giant is an abominable wrong, a grievously conspicuous sign of evil. And giants must have magnificent names, wh ...
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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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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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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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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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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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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 ...
Read More »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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