Frank Luntz Quotes
A compelling story, even if factually inaccurate, can be more emotionally compelling than a dry recitation of the truth.
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My parents came to see me in a play at Eton when I was 16. And then, when I said I wanted to try for drama school, they knew there was enough passion there for them to be brave and back me.
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I have my own faith which I've developed. It's non-denominational. I don't even know if it's about God.
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It took me just three months to pick up Hindi. I guess I'm a fast learner when it comes to languages.
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By keeping the annuities, we could build up a national industry every years as big as the Shannon Scheme.
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Real Madrid is the most important thing that happened to me, both as a footballer and as a person.
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The whole story of the comfort women, the system of forced sexual slavery, the medical experiments of Unit 731, is not something that is in the US psyche. That is changing because many books are coming out.
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I'm thrilled to be joining Gap Inc., a company that understands the importance of integrating technology and retail in ways that improve the lives of its customers.
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
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If you only write when the muse strikes, you won't get anything done. You have to write consistently, when your schedule says you should. And that's hard.
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Sometimes I will make CliffsNotes of my CliffsNotes.
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Honestly, I get more recognized for 'Three Men and a Little Lady' than 'Harry Potter'.
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Obama promised a return to competence and confidence and asked the nation to believe again that the government could do big things well. In the end, he got his big thing, a once-in-a-generation revision to the basic social compact, a commitment of health coverage to nearly all Americans. He has yet to prove he can do it well.
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When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.
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It's hard to tell what an entire series is going to be based on the first few episodes, or even on the first season. And it's sad because you see great casts and good ideas that don't get that opportunity to grow and show what it could turn into.
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I'm not trying to be a star on TV. I am who I am, which I hope comes out. I have a little bit of a different sense than most people know, and it takes a while to get used to it.
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You can be aware of the passing of time without being nostalgic.
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He owned a service station, and I used to go there and piddle around - pump some gas, get in the way.
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But it's not just a game of finding literary references.
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We reverence God and we hallow God's name when our life is such that it brings honor to God and attracts others to Him.
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The way that Dickens structured his books has a form that we most readily recognize now from, say, the great T.V. series, like 'The Wire' or 'The Sopranos.' There's one central plot line, but then from that spin off all kinds of subplots.
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As we passed over the dark bridge her wan face fell lazily against my coat's shoulder and the formidable stroke of thirty died away with the reassuring pressure of her hand.
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We learn about life not from pluses alone, but from minuses as well.
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A compelling story, even if factually inaccurate, can be more emotionally compelling than a dry recitation of the truth.
