John Landgraf Quotes
As incredible as television has become, it often feels like a sideshow in what has become a daily three-ring media circus.
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'Frontline' started doing digital content in 1995. We started streaming our films in 2000.
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I feel comfortable whenever I step on the floor.
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When you watch it, you're like, Wow. I look like that. But it doesn't feel like that at all. It was about communicating with Gale Harold and getting across what I wanted to say about the character.
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I've never been that comfortable talking about myself or about acting.
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I can clearly trace my passion for reading back to the Jonesboro, Georgia, library, where for the first time in my life I had access to what seemed like an unlimited supply of books. This was where I discovered 'Encyclopedia Brown' and 'Nancy Drew,' 'Gone With the Wind' and 'Rebecca.' This was where I became inspired to be a writer.
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When someone tells me about Malala, the girl who was shot by the Taliban - that's my definition for her - I don't think she's me. Now I don't even feel as if I was shot. Even my life in Swat feels like a part of history or a movie I watched. Things change. God has given us a brain and a heart which tell us how to live.
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We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent.
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I believe that life is a journey towards God, and that no one has the right to insist that you go a certain road.
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The only ones who like Milton Berle are his mother - and the public.
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You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, 'I release the need for this in my life'.
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Truth is stranger than nonfiction. And life is too interesting to be left to journalists. People have stories, but journalists have 'takes,' and it's their takes that usually win out when the stories are too complicated or, as happens, not complicated enough.
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I first met my husband when I was 15. He was very cool, in a band, all that kind of thing, but he took a long time to grow up. Our paths crossed again 10 years later, and after about two weeks I knew that was it. I'm glad I met him when I did, even though I was fairly young. Because I think sometimes you can crystallise into singledom.
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I had learning disabilities, and I couldn't express myself in the written word.
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Giving only 50% of your fortune is not enough.
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I received a call from Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum and head coach Eric Mangini. They asked me if I was ready to become a New York Jet. I quickly answered 'yes' and began to hug everyone at the table.
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Only a free West can help the prisoners of today's left- and right-wing dictatorships.
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It's going to cost trillions of dollars to rework the energy sources all over the world. Were going to have to move away from fossil fuels.
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If we had, we would have realised sooner that Indigenous organisations are sometimes not the appropriate channel for programmes to help the stolen generations, because many of them play little part in Indigenous associations.
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In the real world, very smart people fail and mediocre people rise. Part of what makes people fail or succeed are skills that have nothing to do with IQ. Also, the idea that intelligence can be gauged by an IQ test is erroneous.
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Prithee don’t screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners.
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There is no profession more essential than that of an educator, and it's time for all of us to embrace and celebrate their importance and contribution to America's children.
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Baseball is a hard game. There's going to be ups and downs.
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Give us this day our daily discount merchandise.
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As incredible as television has become, it often feels like a sideshow in what has become a daily three-ring media circus.
