Alexander Kendrick, 1910 - 1991
Born: 6 July 1910, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died: 20 May 1991, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Biography from Wikipedia and The New York Times obituary
Alexander Kendrick quotes:
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- Ed Murrow was always conscious that television's power for good was no greater than its power for evil. permalink
Alexander Kendrick - Edward R. Murrow] believed that ... there had to be a message to start with, that in the beginning was the Word. Otherwise, he said, "all you have is a lot of wires and lights in a box." permalink
Alexander Kendrick - Everything you want in life has a price connected to it. There's a price to pay if you want to make things better, a price to pay just for leaving things as they are, a price for everything. permalink
Alexander Kendrick - Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free. permalink
Alexander Kendrick - Murrow regarded television as a sound-equipped mirror held behind American society, reflecting its good and its bad, both only too real. He affixed to the electronic mirror a magnifying lens and a powerful focusing searchlight. permalink
Alexander Kendrick - On CBS Radio the news of Ed Murrow's death, reportedly from lung cancer, was followed by a cigarette commercial. permalink
Alexander Kendrick - The government's War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice. permalink
Alexander Kendrick - The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do, by yourself, upon your own initiative. permalink
Alexander Kendrick - You are where you are today because you have chosen to be there. permalink
Alexander Kendrick - You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad, in fact, to do anything it wants. permalink
Alexander Kendrick - You don't need an explanation for everything, Recognize that there are such things as miracles, events for which there are no ready explanations. Later knowledge may explain those events quite easily. permalink
Alexander Kendrick
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