Jack Valenti Quotes
We count it crucial to make regular soundings to find out how the public perceives the rating program, and to measure the approval and disapproval of what we are doing... The rating system isn't perfect but, in an imperfect world, it seems each year to match the expectations of those whom it is designed to serve - parents of America.
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I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.
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'Murder in the First' takes 12 episodes to explore the crime and the issues surrounding it, all in the hopes of answering the question, 'How did we get to this point?'
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Beauty pageants work as a platform from where you can reach out to many.
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Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.
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It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.
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Maybe some people that only listen to electronic music will pick up my record and get turned on to some of the story songs, some of the more country-type stuff.
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My grandmother impressed upon me the importance of family, and my grandfather encouraged my hunger for learning.
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It is a myth of publishers that people want to read easy things.
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I've covered the White House and been yelled at by presidents.
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Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.
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'Good English' is whatever educated people talk; so that what is good in one place or time would not be so in another.
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As I always like to keep in mind about everything: Don't fight the trend.
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Though the male can be noble in reason and infinite in faculties, he is also easily amused by shiny toys, especially ones that do dumb things on his desk.
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I pride myself on definitely being more than a dunker.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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My husband believes that he can make a difference. He loves people.
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In the Senate, you can become one of the nation's leading voices on the issues.
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Family caregiving has become a predictable crisis. Americans are living longer and longer but dying slower and slower.
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Sarcasm is like cheap wine - it leaves a terrible aftertaste.
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All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration, caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fable.
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What's similar between Britain and America is the lack of good-quality civic buildings.
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in general, I feel most comfortable between known quantities.
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I make fun of situations and try and find the humor in things, but it's never at the expense of the other guy.
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We count it crucial to make regular soundings to find out how the public perceives the rating program, and to measure the approval and disapproval of what we are doing... The rating system isn't perfect but, in an imperfect world, it seems each year to match the expectations of those whom it is designed to serve - parents of America.
