Milton Berle Quotes
We owe a lot to Thomas Edison - if it wasn't for him, we'd be watching television by candlelight.
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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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I think the amazing thing about 'Twin Peaks' was that it completely changed television from that point forward.
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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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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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I've never left music behind, but I've had success in television.
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'Silicon Valley' is a great show. It might be the best comedy on television. And if the Academy feels I have stood out to the point of deserving an award, I won't pawn it.
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I have already seen death, and I know that death is supporting me in my cause of education. Death does not want to kill me.
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When truthsayers have the courage to say the emperor is wearing no clothes, whether you agree with their point of view or not, send them love. They are to be acknowledged for speaking their truth.
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I sleep for about four hours a night, or day really. I go to bed at, like, 9 A.M., sleep for four hours, then get up and start the day again. I don't mind if that's not healthy.
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'Pay it forward' has become a hackneyed concept, but I truly believe in it, and it gives me huge satisfaction to be able to help writers in a measurable way.
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We owe a lot to Thomas Edison - if it wasn't for him, we'd be watching television by candlelight.
