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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You go from thinking of yourself as primarily an individual to suddenly being a mother, first and foremost.
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I want to do more audio originals because I think that it is a fascinating medium. If you think about it, this is original storytelling.
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I love coloring books. I keep some by my bed.
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O God, the God of formation, Ruler, strengthener of blood. Christ Jesus, that guards. Princes loud-proclaiming go their course For a decaying acquisition.
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My training as a journalist was invaluable: when I worked on 'The Daily Express,' the editor would often ask for 1000 words within a couple of hours. I could not say I was not inspired. I had to get on with it.
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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.
