David Folkenflik Quotes
Each time that Donald Trump promises to come forward with something, when you actually get to the point of disclosure it seems as though there's a lot less that was promised for the press and particularly for the public to understand.
Quotes to Explore
-
That crossover of whether it's entertainment or news is the biggest crock of b.s. in television today, because it's all entertainment.
-
I don't know if I actually am good at the sight of blood. An accident on the street gets me very, very upset.
-
Summer is a promissory note signed in June, its long days spent and gone before you know it, and due to be repaid next January.
-
If you go back and watch 'The French Connection,' it's been cannibalized so many times. There are certain movies like that, where you see the original and think, 'This isn't so great.' And the reason it isn't so great is because everyone has copied it.
-
I like beautiful clothing. I love Bergdorfs.
-
The question for France and all countries is, 'Do you favour foreign Internet operators that do not pay, or do you favour national operators who pay?'
-
If the artists would just keep hammering away - unify, stick together - then music will become the king again, which is what it should be.
-
Our worst comes out when we behave like robots or professionals.
-
My daughter, Lily Caitlin, means the most to me in the world.
-
Even though people say Richard Harris and I have been having a great feud, it's not true.
-
Anyway I will go same road because I, I was born in gymnastics. This is my, how to say, my life and my duty.
-
Children in schools need to have something to do with music and learn it the way they do literature, geography and biology.
-
You just keep moving forward and doing what you do and hope that it resonates with people. And if it doesn't, you just keep moving on until you find a project that does.
-
When President Hassan Rouhani was elected in Iran in 2013, he welcomed back the far-flung children of Iran. But one by one, they have been arrested and imprisoned upon their return, a fate that has made me increasingly reluctant to risk going back to a homeland I've not seen since 1992.
-
I still like to sit in a room and play games all day, so I'm a kid, really.
-
I was born in Lebanon and emigrated to the U.S. and went back. I'd been raised in a French school in Beirut. Lebanon is a peculiar place, so bicultural it goes along with you. There is a Western influence, an Eastern influence. Most people are fluctuating between those identities.
-
One thing I've learned in my limited experience is you can justify anything intellectually. There are a million reasons to stay with someone, and a million reasons to end something - so you can really only trust your gut.
-
It is our family's hope that the true legacy and context of Malcolm X's life continues to be shared with people from all walks of life in a positive manner that helps promote the goals and ideals for which Malcolm X so passionately advocated.
-
Novels are my favorite to write and read. I do like writing personal essays, too. I'm not really a short story writer, nor do I tend to gravitate to them as a reader.
-
We put a lot of pride into our work, and to have it show on Sundays is a testament to all the work we've put in.
-
So I won an Oscar. It's amazing. I've got that for the rest of my life for a performance I am proud of. It nearly killed me. I am really proud of the film. That's it, moving on.
-
The only time I even entertain the tiniest element of religion is for Christmas carols.
-
We tend to have mixed feelings about the holy. There is a sense in which we are at the same time attracted to it and repulsed by it. Something draws us toward it, while at the same time we want to run away from it. We can’t seem to decide which way we want it. Part of us yearns for the holy, while part of us despises it. We can’t live with it, and we can’t live without it.
-
Each time that Donald Trump promises to come forward with something, when you actually get to the point of disclosure it seems as though there's a lot less that was promised for the press and particularly for the public to understand.
