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Terence McKenna Ethnobotanist, Philosopher, Writer
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"I would argue that it's almost better to do heroin than to watch TV. At least when you're doing heroin you're responsible for your own reveries and thought processes. When you're mainlining TV what is it but endless messages to fetishize products?"

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Randall Wright Photographer
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"The television industry claims they are only reflecting society with their programming and have no influence on behavior. If that is the case then why do businesses spend millions on TV ads that have no influence?"

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Ray Bradbury Author
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"We're all watching each other, so there's no chance for censorship. The main problem is the idiot TV. If you watch local news, your head will turn to mush."

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Shelley Long Actress
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"I was not looking for a sitcom, because the philosophy at that point was that you had to make a choice: Were you going to do movies or TV? You couldn't cross over."

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Zadie Smith Novelist, Essayist
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"Fate is a quantity very much like TV: an unstoppable narrative, written, produced and directed by somebody else."

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Ice Cube Rapper, Actor
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"I'm always kind of off to the next movie, and focused on making sure that the one I'm currently working on is as good as the one that's already on TV."

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Ice Cube Rapper, Actor
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"You never get tired of seeing yourself on TV. It's always extra cool... always a treat."

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Karl Lagerfeld Fashion Designer, Photographer
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"I like to be on TV when interviewers are good. I like it especially when it's live. When they can cut things, I don't like it as much. Sometimes they cut something and say, "Well, you would get in trouble, you would get a lawsuit." I tell them, "Well, I don't want my lawyers to be unemployed.""

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