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The purpose of the media is to make us all spectators, to watch. So that's why we have millions of fat children watching the games, eating and consuming and not playing themselves.

Malachy McCourt

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Malachy McCourt
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: September 20
Actor
Politician
Writer
New York City
New York
Malachy Gerard McCourt
Malachy G. McCourt
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Imagination in the child is powerful. Reading and laughter and love are essential in our lives.
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To me a saint is a severely edited sinner. That's what I think.
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Do whatever you want because that's not what you are. That's what you do for the moment.
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We are spectators to violence, and therefore are, how well we don't know and make sure we don't know the difference of real violence to that of simulation.
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