David L. Wolper Quotes
'Roots' did show that the audience would be receptive to black talent and a black story.
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I just don't think that I could be the kind of actor I want to be and not be honest with myself. Honesty is very important to me as an actor and as a person. I didn't even think about it.
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My songs have a lot going on in them -they're packed with sounds. When I have only three or four minutes to capture something, I guess I can't stand the idea of any bar going unloved.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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I often get mistaken for Dumbledore. One wizard is very much like another.
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I'm a fan of all these genres of music, everything from Mumford & Sons to Beach Boys to doo-wop music to reggae.
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I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
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I was a good decathlete until I got with a coach that really knew how to train specifically for the event... I'd really describe it as like being a juggler; you have ten balls and you're trying to get them all in the air at the same time.
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We need to protect the privacy rights of all Americans, and that means stopping the federal government from spying on the cellphones and emails of law-abiding citizens.
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I made a lot of money. I earned a lot of money with CNN and satellite and cable television. And you can't really spend large sums of money, intelligently, on buying things. So I thought the best thing I could do was put some of that money back to work - making an investment in the future of humanity.
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Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals.
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We are wedded to freedom of expression and shall do nothing to diminish that freedom.
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Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.
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What you look like, whether you're Brad Pitt or Charles Laughton, is significant for actors.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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Yes, I suffer terribly from depression. I have to work at being happy, it's not my natural instinct. My natural instinct is, if something wonderful happens, to throw water in my own face.
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If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.
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I'm not going to be lectured by Nathan Deal, who is a former Clinton Democrat. I will stack up my conservative credentials against his any day of the week.
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I love New York. Love it.
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Worship strengthens you. It gives you a sense of God's presence and ultimately His protection and provision.
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Narcissus does not fall in love with his reflection because it is beautiful, but because it is his. If it were his beauty that enthralled him, he would be set free in a few years by its fading.
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The Holocaust, taken by itself, is a black hole. To look at it directly is to be swallowed up by it.
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My hair is extremely dry and fragile, so moisture is key. I love black castor oil, shea butter, and lots of water.
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Don't mess with me! I'm a black-belt!
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'Roots' did show that the audience would be receptive to black talent and a black story.
