David L. Wolper Quotes
I couldn't get my first film on the air. The first film I did was called 'The Race For Space,' about the U.S.-Soviet space race. The networks had a policy that I found out about the hard way. I even had a sponsor for my program, but the networks wouldn't put it on because it was independently produced.
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Of course, my faith has a lot to do with being able to be public without being a public nuisance.
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I don't have a wallet. I carry my driver's license and a couple of credit cards in my phone. That, and a money clip.
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I'm still number one and I just recently won a major tournament ahead of my toughest rivals so I think I had a few years ahead of me if I decided to stay.
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When I got on stage, I would have a rush of adrenaline; everybody gets it. Normally after the first night it becomes more controllable, and as long as I could ride the wave, I was still in charge.
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If one has curiosity, then one stands the chance of attain a high level of scientific inquiry.
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Forgiving the men who killed my parents and brother was a process, a journey into deeper and deeper prayer.
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If you look at the very best presidents, the most effective presidents, they were always decent salespeople. Ronald Reagan was an extremely effective salesman, very tuned to the people he was selling to, very clear in what he was selling, very resilient and buoyant.
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When I was small, I was the same as everyone else. I used to play in a small council estate nearby. But it's really my family who taught me. I started watching my dad play from the age of two. I wanted to be like him.
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What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
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I very much want to be in the business of creating content, of doing stories all over the world rather than figuring out what the business model is for 'Newsweek' on the iPad, although that's very important work as well.
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One good thing is I was instilled with really good values. My mom treats everyone the same.
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Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy.
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Are we like late Rome, infatuated with past glories, ruled by a complacent, greedy elite, and hopelessly powerless to respond to changing conditions?
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When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.
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What's most important in animation is the emotions and the ideas being portrayed. I'm a great believer of energy and emotion.
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I was kind of bored playing drums in a band. Which was depressing, because playing in the band was kind of a golden ticket.
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Perhaps the greatest utopia would be if we could all realize that no utopia is possible; no place to run, no place to hide, just take care of business here and now.
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I have over 2 million followers now on Google Plus.
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For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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In my earlier paintings, I wanted the space between the picture plane and the spectator to be active.
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What does true even mean when it comes to a face? Only souls are true, and when you spill them to the air they melt away.
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I don't care how inventive you are; once you introduce strings into the ensemble for a horror film, you're entering into a world where a tradition has been thoroughly established. So it's repeated use over the years is like, 'Oh God, another film with strings, another spooky movie with strings.'
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Rather than a teaching tool, I think a novel is more of a witnessing entity. A witnessing entity? What is that? I just want the reader to step in and experience it as a story.
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I couldn't get my first film on the air. The first film I did was called 'The Race For Space,' about the U.S.-Soviet space race. The networks had a policy that I found out about the hard way. I even had a sponsor for my program, but the networks wouldn't put it on because it was independently produced.
