Vincent Canby Quotes
We are drawn to our television sets each April the way we are drawn to the scene of an accident.
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We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.
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I worked on 'Game Of Thrones' for six years, so I'm very well equipped to handle hype surrounding television shows.
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I don't watch a lot of television. Sports and news, that's it.
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I'm usually late to the game on shows and watch them after they've aired. But I love 'House of Cards,' 'The Killing,' 'Orange Is the New Black,' loved 'True Detective,' and 'Arrested Development' when it was on. Also 'The Wire,' though I was way late to the game on that.
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The U.S. tax code was written by A students. Every April 15, we have to pay somebody who got an A in accounting to keep ourselves from being sent to jail.
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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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It will be undertaken, of course, in the June or July summit, and then to bring NATO closer to Russia or vice versa is a way to move toward integration - toward the integration of Europe.
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In a world that's smarter than it used to be and, in some ways, smarter than it ought to be, stupidity has a way of making us seem all the more human.
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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 can write all the way through the morning, when my mind is clear, and there are no distractions.
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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'm a religious man. I pray for Milky Way.
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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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Regulators are going to have to come up with a way to treat Bitcoin that is balanced and thoughtful but also recognize that this is a global phenomenon.
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I developed an optical lure that imitates certain types of bioluminescent displays that I think might be attractive to large predators. The other way to do it is just use dead bait, but I think dead bait attracts scavengers, and we wanted to attract active predators.
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I really like the way Fox handles their shows.
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Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.
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Anyone who knows me knows that I'm way more of a joker than I am a serious person.
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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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And for you kids watching at home, remember, the less homework you do and the closer you sit to the TV, the more points you get.
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Each person's drive to overwork is unique, and doing too much numbs every workaholic's emotions differently. Sometimes overwork numbs depression, sometimes anger, sometimes envy, sometimes sexuality. Or the overworker runs herself ragged in a race for attention.
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You rarely pay the rent by doing Shakespeare or Ibsen.
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We are drawn to our television sets each April the way we are drawn to the scene of an accident.
