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Television was not intended to make human beings vacuous, but it i

Television was not intended to make human beings vacuous, but it is an emanation of their vacuity. – Malcolm Muggeridge

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In retrospect, all these exercises in self-gratification seem pure fantasy, what Pascal called, licking the earth. – Malcolm Muggeridge

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Selfishness
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Malcolm Muggeridge
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Television is an excellent system when one has nothing to lose, as is the case with a nomadic and rootless country like the United States, but in Europe the affect of television is that of a bulldozer which reduces culture to the lowest possible denominator. – Marc Fumaroli

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The triumph of machine over people. – Fred Allen, about television

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Time has convinced me of one thing. Television is for appearing on, not looking at. – Noel Coward, attributed

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I could have been a doctor, but there were too many good shows on TV. – Jason Love

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