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The way we make sense of a realistic text is through the same broad ideological frame as the way we make sense of our social experience or rather, the way we are made sense of by the discourses of our culture. ↗

— John Fiske

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Realism is not a matter of any fidelity to an empirical reality, but of the discursive conventions by which and for which a sense of reality is constructed. ↗

— John Fiske

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Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

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I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Sure, I've often been misrepresented - anyone frequently quoted has this experience. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

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This strategy represents our policy for all time. Until it's changed. ↗

— Marlin Fitzwater

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I keep going over a sentence. I nag it, gnaw it, pat and flatter it. ↗

— Janet Flanner

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Most of the State of the Union will not be about Iraq. Most of the State of the Union will be about improving America's economy and providing greater access to health care for millions of American people, including senior citizens. ↗

— Ari Fleischer

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What we can borrow from Ronald Reagan... is that great sense of optimism. He led by building on the strengths of America, not running America down. ↗

— Rudy Giuliani

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In choosing Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, John McCain has chosen for the future. ↗

— Rudy Giuliani

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