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"Of course in Turkey I'm seen as being on the 'Western' side, criticised by the nationalists, criticised by the communitarians as not belonging. Even, sometimes, criticised for looking at my country through Western eyes. And in the Western media I'm portrayed as belonging to the East."
"Today, with the media, the internet, things get out there about anybody, anytime, so there's nothing wrong about talking about your life, because someone else is going to talk about it and mess it up."
"We have so much sex in our media that's disassociated from emotions. We have so much separation between feeling, and the emotional and the physical side of sex. They really do belong together."
"It is interesting just generationally that you see that people are much more comfortable, and that's part of life now for this next generation of actors and just people in the world. But for those of us who were living when it didn't exist, being in social media feels like the last thing you want to do ."
"You see the amount of bullying and negativity that goes on [social media] that is really, really intense, and I feel lucky that I came of age before all of that came on."
"We have so much sex in our media that's disassociated from emotions."
"I don't think Mike Tyson's a bad guy. I think the people, the media, makes him out to be a bad guy."
"The media loves to take things like that [Rocky Marciano couldn't hold my jockstrap] out of context. There was no harm meant when I said that, but plenty of harm came from it."
"His dreams are like commercials."
"A billion people died on the news tonight."
"Plexi, plexi, bend don't shatter. Once you're broken, shape won't matter."
"You cannot underestimate people's ability to spot a soulless, bureaucratic tactic a million miles away. It's a big reason why so many companies that have dipped a toe in social media waters have failed miserably."
"Social media is like crack-immediately gratifying and hugely addictive."
"While companies were getting comfy cozy with the idea of being on social media platforms, social media transcended those platforms, and few businesses have followed."
"You can't just repurpose old material created for one platform, throw it up on another one, and then be surprised when everyone yawns in your face. No one would ever think it was a good idea to use a print ad for a television commercial, or confuse a banner ad for a radio spot. Like their traditional media platform cousins, every social media platform has its own language."
"When people are using their devices, it's probable that almost half are networking on social media."
"Social media and young people, art, music, all communications make this one of the most active times for activism. It will be a time of change."
"Social media is key to promoting the editorial posts on my website."
"The media could do a much better job, that's for sure, especially the media that targets women... Human rights? They couldn't care less!"
"Without collective awakening the catastrophe will come. I think people in the mass media, journalists, film makers and others, you can contribute to the collective awakening if you are awake and then your life will embody that awakening."
