--- title: "1 Seeing Television Quotes By Nathan Hill" description: "1 Seeing Television quotes by Nathan Hill. Plus more from Nathan Hill and more Seeing Television sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d49/nathan-hill-11918_television_would-this-make-sense-to-the-tv-audience_3074406.jpg" --- > [“Would this make sense to the TV audience? That a thing like a protest expands and draws everything into it. He wants to tell his audience that the reality they are seeing on television is not Reality. Imagine a single…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-hill/would-this-make-sense-to-the-tv-audience-that-a-thing-like-a-protest/) [Nathan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-hill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d49/nathan-hill-11918_television_would-this-make-sense-to-the-tv-audience_3074406.jpg) ## More by Nathan Hill > [“In the story of the blind men and the elephant, what’s usually ignored is the fact that each man’s description was correct. What Faye…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-hill/in-the-story-of-the-blind-men-and-the-elephant-what-s-usually-ignored/) [Nathan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-hill/) > [“There are some mysteries of the universe that ought to remain mysteries.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-hill/there-are-some-mysteries-of-the-universe-that-ought-to-remain/) [Nathan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-hill/) > [“But now? Being a sellout is the authentic thing. When”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-hill/but-now-being-a-sellout-is-the-authentic-thing-when/) [Nathan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-hill/) > [“He’s like the most dangerous species of American there is: heterosexual white male who didn’t get what he wanted.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-hill/he-s-like-the-most-dangerous-species-of-american-there-is/) [Nathan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-hill/) > [“Whereas if you choose to see people as puzzles, and if you see yourself as a puzzle, then you will be constantly delighted, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-hill/whereas-if-you-choose-to-see-people-as-puzzles-and-if-you-see/) [Nathan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-hill/) > [“But such was the way with people – they loved the things that made them miserable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-hill/but-such-was-the-way-with-people-they-loved-the-things-that-made-them/) [Nathan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-hill/) > [“He’s looking for people he can be himself around. Aren’t we all?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-hill/he-s-looking-for-people-he-can-be-himself-around-aren-t-we-all/) [Nathan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-hill/) > [“Empathy. Most people think empathy is like understanding someone else or relating to them. But it's more than that. Real empathy is the actual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-hill/empathy-most-people-think-empathy-is-like-understanding-someone-else/) [Nathan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-hill/) > [“I saw the northern lights once. In upper Alberta. I booked a trip with this outfit called See the Northern Lights! I had wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-hill/i-saw-the-northern-lights-once-in-upper-alberta-i-booked-a-trip-with/) [Nathan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-hill/) > [“A dormitory was a hopeless idea. Whoever thought of encasing two hundred girls in a concrete box?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-hill/a-dormitory-was-a-hopeless-idea-whoever-thought-of-encasing-two/) [Nathan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-hill/) > [“There is not one true self hidden by many false ones. Rather, there is one true self hidden by many other true ones”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-hill/there-is-not-one-true-self-hidden-by-many-false-ones-rather-there-is/) [Nathan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-hill/) > [ “Everyone loves a prodigy \[...\]. Prodigies get us off the hook for living ordinary lives. We can tell ourselves we're not special because we… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-hill/everyone-loves-a-prodigy-prodigies-get-us-off-the-hook-for-living/) [Nathan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-hill/) > [“In case you haven't noticed, the word has pretty much given up on the old Enlightenment idea of piecing together the truth based on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-hill/in-case-you-haven-t-noticed-the-word-has-pretty-much-given-up-on-the/) [Nathan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-hill/) > [“What do you do when you discover your adult life is a sham?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-hill/what-do-you-do-when-you-discover-your-adult-life-is-a-sham/) [Nathan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-hill/) > [“he functionally remembered the desire to quit Elfscape, but there was no part of his brain actively telling him to do so, plus”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-hill/he-functionally-remembered-the-desire-to-quit-elfscape-but-there-was/) [Nathan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-hill/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/seeing-television/nathan-hill/#itemlist", "name": "1 Seeing Television Quotes By Nathan Hill", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Would this make sense to the TV audience? 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