Radio quotes

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Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams Writer, Humorist

"You ARE Zaphod Beeblebrox?' 'Yeah,' said Zaphod, 'but don't shout it out or they'll all want one.' 'THE Zaphod Beeblebrox?' 'No, just A Zaphod Beeblebrox, didn't you hear I come in six packs?' 'But sir,' it squealed, 'I just heard on the sub-ether radio report. It said you were dead...' 'Yeah, that's right, I just haven't stopped moving yet."

Eugene McCarthy
Eugene McCarthy Politician

"There is danger in the concentration of control in the television and radio networks, especially in the large television and radio stations; danger in the concentration of ownership in the press...and danger in the increasing concentration of selection by book publishers and reviewers and by the producers of radio and television programs."

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Kurt Vonnegut Novelist, Satirist
Radio

"Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something."

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Langston Hughes Poet, Novelist
Radio

"Misery is when you heard on the radio that the neighborhood you live in is a slum but you always thought it was home."

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Larry King Television Host
Radio

"When I was 5 years old I would lie in bed, look at the radio, and I wanted to be on the radio. I don't know why."

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Ray Bradbury Author
Radio

"We're a free society; we've got television. We have radio. We have newspapers. We have the videocassette, which is coming into play. These are new freedoms."

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George Carlin Comedian, Actor
Radio

"The radio ad "Hi, I'm Jeff Healey from the Jeff Healey Band. Don't drink and drive. I don't". Well, I hope you don't drive sober either Mr. Healey. You're blind for God's sake!"

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Walter Russell Artist, Author, Philosopher
Radio

"And that is what radio-activity is, a quick return to the state of rest which underlies the spiritual or invisible universe."

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Kurt Cobain Musician, Singer-Songwriter
Radio

"People ask me what's like to hear our song on the radio. I don't know, I don't listen to the radio"

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Elon Musk Entrepreneur, Business Magnate
Radio

"You could power the entire United States with about 150 to 200 square kilometers of solar panels, the entire United States. Take a corner of Utah... there's not much going on there, I've been there. There's not even radio stations."

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Diana Krall Jazz Musician
Radio

"When you drive by Radio City and you see your name up there and it's only 'your' name. I just went 'ooh'. I thought this is really like looking at another person."

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