Curtis W. Fentress Quotes
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I started to work in television for three or four years, in 1954. There was one channel of television, black and white. But it could be entertaining and educational. During the evening they showed important plays, opera or Shakespeare's tragedies.
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I had such an amazing time filming 'Major Movie Star.' I loved everyone in the cast. They all brought their own spirit to the film, and I hope that is what will be seen on screen.
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Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth.
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The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the air and earth with a prodigality of seeds, that, if thousands perish, thousands may plant themselves, that hundreds may come up, that tens may live to maturity; that, at least one may replace the parent.
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The smorgasbord of images now presented to us is getting bloodier. They're becoming more frequent - almost hourly.
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If people want to find me, they can. They'll see a middle-aged woman wandering around the grocery store, looking to see what to buy for dinner.
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I always send new writers to 'Writer's Digest Books' line-up of how-to books. I read them all when I was starting out, and they were very helpful.
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I have not watched Glenn Beck. I don't watch him.
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When you cover the economy as a reporter, there's one part of the job that is always easy: finding economists who disagree.
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The president's very right about one thing: When you have a disaster of that scale, whether it be natural or a terrorist attack, there's only one part of our entire government, state or local, that is equipped to handle it, and that's the U.S. military.
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You cannot be in pretend for people to like you.
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Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
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Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.
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You think you know what love is - until you have a child and discover that unconditional mother love.
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Knowing one thing well empowers you and gives you a set of tricks to the trade that you can apply across the board. Go deep, and it will serve you when you make your choices about where you want to leave your mark.
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I began as a model, but that did not really hold my interest for too long! I believe I stood out from the parade of models trying to make it in Hollywood, which helped launch my career beyond the one-night-stand horror movie.
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Writing was like digging coal. I sweat blood. The spell is on me.
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If you want to be fully convinced of the abominations of slavery, go on a southern plantation, and call yourself a negro trader. Then there will be no concealment; and you will see and hear things that will seem to you impossible among human beings with immortal souls.
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Clive Owen would be a fantastic James Bond. Any man who does it will have to weigh his odds - whether he can get in and get out.
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My childhood was marked by a tension between privilege on the one hand and emotional dysfunction on the other.
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The U.K. has been very progressive about on-demand, and the iPlayer has been a great invention. It has trained a generation of viewers to expect on-demand - unfortunately, it trains them to expect free!
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I feel my role is to push boundaries. I don't like things to be safe and sedentary. So controversy is the cross I have to bear.
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It takes a great client to create great architecture.
