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There is no medical proof that television causes brain damage - at least from over five feet away. In fact, TV is probably the least physically harmful of all the narcotics known to man. ↗

— Christopher Lehmann-Haupt

#brain #brain damage #causes #damage #fact

We breathe, we think, we conceive of our lives as narratives. ↗

— Christopher Lehmann-Haupt

#conceive #lives #narratives #our #our lives

For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#divine #pearl #precious #rich #swine

Film-makers should remain true to their principles and never compromise, there is a real revival in the British film industry but there is a danger that we will become colonial servants of Hollywood. We need to maintain our own integrity. ↗

— Mike Leigh

#british #colonial #compromise #danger #film

I'm not a film star, I am an actress. Being a film star is such a false life, lived for fake values and for publicity. ↗

— Vivien Leigh

#am #being #fake #false #film

If you go to school and practice for five days a week, it still gives you two days you can go and see your friends, you can go to the movies, you do whatever you like to do. ↗

— Ivan Lendl

#five #friends #gives #go #like

I'm a free agent. I haven't allowed any promoters to have exclusive options on my fight. I don't need a promoter. ↗

— Sugar Ray Leonard

#allowed #any #exclusive #fight #free

The basic thing nobody asks is why do people take drugs of any sort? Why do we have these accessories to normal living to live? I mean, is there something wrong with society that's making us so pressurized, that we cannot live without guarding ourselves against it? ↗

— John Lennon

#against #any #asks #basic #cannot

I have learned to respect ideas, wherever they come from. Often they come from clients. Account executives often have big creative ideas, regardless of what some writers think. ↗

— Leo Burnett

#big #clients #come #creative #executives

I understand what it is for a woman to want to protect their children and give them the best they can. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#children #give #i #protect #their