Fred W. Friendly Quotes
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I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.
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The perfect normal person is rare in our civilization.
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I just write what I think is funny. I don't care who watches it.
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Technology tools such as laptops are the kind of help that we need. A program that provides laptops for all youngsters would close a gap that most of us are not aware of, or will not admit to, which is a tremendous gap in the poor communities.
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I have as much artistic freedom in my television work as I have in my films.
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I'm not a Hollywood basher because enough good movies come out of the Hollywood system every year to justify its existence, without any apologies.
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The overreach of the judiciary can be attributed to, one, the inability of the executive to deliver; and two, the tendency to issue judicial pronouncements for national good. The second element is dangerous because that's the function of the government.
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Surely a King who loves pleasure is less dangerous than one who loves glory?
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It's no secret that in our society, and many before, people are trend followers. For some reason, they feel better about themselves if they are dressed in the latest fashion or have the newest tech gadget.
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In the end, there's something of the puritan work ethic about me that roles really must sustain me on an intellectual level.
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It's interesting sometimes when an audience can empathize with a villain.
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Hugh Jackman is just the nicest person in the world. I know everybody says that, and it's almost boring to hear, but he is really, really perfect.
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I had absolutely no idea of the scale of its following and the globalness of 'Bond'.
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It is important to distinguish between the power of the Internet to make the great change it can, and the limits and vulnerabilities of that change without real-time political mobilization deployed globally to protect those who venture out, especially in closed societies, into the heady new vistas it offers.
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I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates.
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In the 1970s, New York City avoided bankruptcy because wise political leaders like Gov. Hugh L. Carey believed both in strong labor unions and robust banks and companies.
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Estque pati poenam quam meruisse minus.
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I am not fit for this office and should never have been here.
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Air Force officials appear to be more concerned with appeasing the powerful Religious Right lobbyists who have argued against any guidelines that seek to respect and protect the rights of all cadets -- not just those adhering to majority religious beliefs.
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In nature, light creates the color. In the picture, color creates the light.
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Mystery is truth's dancing partner.
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Eminent nutritionists have traded their independence for the food industry's favors.
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Television makes so much at its worst that it can't afford to do its best.
