Milton Berle Quotes
We owe a lot to Thomas Edison - if it wasn't for him, we'd be watching television by candlelight.
Quotes to Explore
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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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Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?
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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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What I didn't want to do is get into a ratings race with television because really, for them, it matters. For me, it doesn't.
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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'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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When you use the word 'fair' in television, you're already in a fantasy world. Nothing is really fair in television.
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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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But I think the image that's thrown out on television is a bad image. Because you see players who want to imitate hip-hop stars. And the NBA is taking advantage of the situation.
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I was sued by a woman who claimed that she became pregnant because she watched me on television and I bent her contraceptive coil.
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I had two different degrees: One in International Relations/Political Science and another degree in Radio and Television Production.
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I've never left music behind, but I've had success in television.
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I've done about 15 movies and four television series in Mexico. My last two movies were the highest grossing in Mexican-cinema history - 'Nosotros los Nobles' and 'Instructions Not Included.'
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I was kind of going that route with my country music. Indie country. Which would work, if I was playing on Americana stages. Unless I had a television outlet like 'Glee'.
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I don't like seeing myself on television. I don't like it.
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There was no one around called 'Val' when I was young, so I wanted to be John or Bill. Now I like it.
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Only when we have a respect for time will we have learned something of the art of living.
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Planned Parenthood is a pretty popular organization. Way more popular than Congress! It claims that one in five women have received care from one of its clinics. And this care, despite what abortion opponents say, is excellent and not easily replaceable by 'community health centers.' Texas tried it, and thousands of women went without care.
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Therefore every person born within the United States, its territories or districts, whether the parents are citizens or aliens, is a natural born citizen in the sense of the Constitution, and entitled to all the rights and privileges appertaining to that capacity.
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We owe a lot to Thomas Edison - if it wasn't for him, we'd be watching television by candlelight.
