Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of man, that state is obsolete

Rod Serling

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There is nothing in the dark that isn't there when the lights are on.

Rod Serling

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We're developing a new citizenry. One that will be very selective about cereals and automobiles, but won't be able to think.

Rod Serling

Tags: commercialism twilight-zone

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...the worst aspect of our time is prejudice... In almost everything I've written, there is a thread of this - man's seemingly palpable need to dislike someone other than himself.

Rod Serling

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Some people possess talent, others are possessed by it. When that happens, a talent becomes a curse.

Rod Serling

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Every writer is a frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of his skull.

Rod Serling

Tags: writers frustration actors

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There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man ... a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination.

Rod Serling

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It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper.

Rod Serling

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for civilization to survive, the human race has to remain civilized

Rod Serling

Tags: twilight-zone

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I don't think playing it safe constitutes a retreat, necessarily. In other words, I don't think if, by playing safe he means we are not going to delve into controversy, then if that's what he means he's quite right. I'm not going to delve into controversy. Somebody asked me the other day if this means that I'm going to be a meek conformist, and my answer is no. I'm just acting the role of a tired non-conformist.

Rod Serling

Tags: television writing-life

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