Stuart Symington (William Stuart Symington, Jr.) Quotes

Well over fifty years ago I was making radio loudspeakers and radio sets in Rochester, New York; pretty young and inexperienced; but we survived the depression.

Stuart Symington

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• In order that people who suffer from depression seek treatment without a second thought, the stigmas must further fall until we reach a point in time when that person with leukemia and that person with depression both receive the same level of sympathy and the same level of rigorous treatment. Both people deserve it.

  

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• Lately, I've been doing a lot of tuning in and impatiently tuning out. As a longtime fan of talk radio, I don't think this bodes well for the long-term broad appeal of the medium.

  

  Camille Paglia
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• I had no trouble going from radio to TV - I just thought of TV as radio with pictures.

  

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• Honestly, there are so many things about structuring a story for film and telling a story for film that are really different from doing radio.

  

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• I don't own a radio. I listen to everything through apps or on my iPhone. And then I download the shows I like. Shows like 'Fresh Air', 'Radiolab', 'Snap Judgement', all those shows.

  

  Ira Glass
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• You have to understand that you are not making the film for yourself; you're making it for the audience. If I am asking my audiences to buy tickets, I owe them the worth of their money, and I owe them entertainment.

  

  Abhishek Bachchan
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• Radio stinks. The stations are making a lot of money, but they just aren't taking chances.

  

  Irving Azoff
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• I like to argue with the radio.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Like
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• I fell in love with the whole process of making a movie. I loved the sets. I loved watching the actors and the crew.

  

  Maika Monroe
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• I love the idea of making a movie for kids but it's got to be that, with my take on it.

  

  Tarsem Singh
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• I've done a show at the Largo Theater called The 'Thrilling Adventure Hour.' We read, like, radio teleplays. It's a send-up of radio dramas from the '30s and '40s. We just did a Kickstarter for that so that we can do a web series and a concert film.

  

  Paget Brewster
  • Up
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• Radio interviews are really snappy and I'm just bad at that. I just close down.

  

  Sade Adu
  • Bad
  • Down
  • Radio

• I do not buy CDs any more; I usually stream Internet radio. For movies, I hardly every buy any DVDS. I have a DVR, so just record things off HBO, Showtime and so on.

  

  Oren Peli
  • Movies
  • Internet
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• Idealist: a cynic in the making.

  

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  • Making
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• That three-foot putt is tough for me right now! I'm not making too many putts.

  

  J. R. Smith
  • Right
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• Substandard housing was a blow to your psychological health, not only because things like dampness, mold, and overcrowding could bring about depression but also because of what living in awful conditions told you about yourself.

  

  Matthew Desmond
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• My parents were both born and raised in the Depression. They instilled great values about integrity and the importance of hard work, and I've taken that with me to every job.

  

  Mary Barra
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• I've gone through terrible periods of depression. But, at the core of my being, there's a strange, out-of-place optimist. Despite what I'm feeling, I'm always able to get up and do my job. Which means the world to me.

  

  Jenny Lewis
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• Be clear in your mind why learning to draw well is important. Drawing enables you to see in that special, epiphanous way that artists see, no matter what style you use to express your special insight. Your goal in drawing should be to encounter the reality of experience... to see ever more clearly, ever more deeply.

  

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• Trust me-the day I'm not into football, I'll walk away.

  

  Edgerrin James
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• It's sometimes tiring to get off a long-haul flight and go straight to the studio for a shoot, but if you really plan everything well, you can get so much out of combining travel with work.

  

  Alek Wek
  • Work
  • Long
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• Innovation, having fun and giving back, should be the core values for everyone

  

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• My focus is to stay up the middle. If I'm a little early I'll hit it to left, if I'm a little late, I'll hit it to right.

  

  Andruw Jones
  • Focus
  • Middle
  • Stay

• Well over fifty years ago I was making radio loudspeakers and radio sets in Rochester, New York; pretty young and inexperienced; but we survived the depression.

  

  Stuart Symington
  • Depression
  • Radio
  • Making