Nicholas Johnson Quotes
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I don't watch a lot of television. Sports and news, that's it.
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It's really interesting working in television as opposed to the theater, where you know the arc of the character and you are able to create this whole backstory.
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I realise how important it is to use the time I have. I respect people who want to do that by watching television. I happen to want to read books. But I know I can't read all the books or watch all the movies in one lifetime.
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I have this phobia: I don't like mirrors. And I don't watch myself on television. If anything comes on, I make them shut it off, or I leave the room.
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I want to make something that's respectful and respected. And I think you can make something for women that is respected on television.
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I would have a workshop attached to every school, and one hour a day given up to the teaching of simple decorative arts. It would be a golden hour to the children.
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I'd say working on television is much, much tougher than films. But television has a great connect with a live audience, which is a refreshing change for us actors.
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I think the amazing thing about 'Twin Peaks' was that it completely changed television from that point forward.
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It's a really weird thing, modern divorce. I found out I was getting divorced on television. That was kind of weird.
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Television doesn't like politics very well, if you can infer that from the way they cover it.
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I never aimed to be on television or in the press. We all have a personal life, and being a public figure disrupts that.
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My interests are not really with television, per se.
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I'm very shocked when I look at television and I see such an aggressive youth and image obsession in the representation of women on our screens.
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Television is a populous, derivative, democratic medium.
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For U.S. television series, I really like 'Dexter.'
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You could write your fingers off for 25 years... and never get the kind of hearing you could get from shooting off your mouth on television for a half hour every week.
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Teaching was the most pleasant thing I did.
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I don't like seeing myself on television. I don't like it.
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A good hitting instructor is able to mold his teaching to the individual. If a guy stands on his head, you perfect that.
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Teaching by precept, without example, is mighty poor teaching.
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I love you Philadelphia. I want to thank you for accepting me, and letting me be me and make this my home forever.
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On balance, after weighing the arguments, I believe that the time has come for Australia to create a new sovereign wealth fund.
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All television is educational television. The question is: what is it teaching?
