Gerry Francis Quotes
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All men would be tyrants if they could.
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Lately, I've been doing a lot of tuning in and impatiently tuning out. As a longtime fan of talk radio, I don't think this bodes well for the long-term broad appeal of the medium.
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I had no trouble going from radio to TV - I just thought of TV as radio with pictures.
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Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it?
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Radio is for driving.
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Honestly, there are so many things about structuring a story for film and telling a story for film that are really different from doing radio.
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Fixity is always momentary. But how can it always be so? If it were, it would not be momentary - or would not be fixity.
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I don't own a radio. I listen to everything through apps or on my iPhone. And then I download the shows I like. Shows like 'Fresh Air', 'Radiolab', 'Snap Judgement', all those shows.
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Radio stinks. The stations are making a lot of money, but they just aren't taking chances.
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In the 30 years of my career, I have explored all possible mediums, except radio.
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I would love to have played Gollum.
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Who'd have thought the Frisbee would have caught on?
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Anyone who still supports George Bush would still let Michael Jackson babysit their kids.
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Simply, there are many things I would like to do.
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There are so many songs that I could not sing the way I wanted to. When such songs come on television or radio, I shut them off or leave the room.
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If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
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I would have loved to have been a cricketer.
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I would have loved to have met Buster Keaton.
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Radio interviews are really snappy and I'm just bad at that. I just close down.
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I listen to XM radio because I can get so many overseas news stations.
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Unfortunately, you don't get artist development anymore. Record companies have become a huge corporate thing. It used to be you'd meet someone [in the business] and they'd have a little history of music. Some people in the companies now don't even like music. It's just a job. So I miss the days when someone would go out on a limb and pick a band that was different. I just don't see that anymore. It's the same with the film industry.
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To keep your actions and your plans secret always has been a very good thing . .. Marcus Crassus said to one who asked him when he was going to move the army: 'Do you believe that you will be the only one not to hear the trumpet?
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But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.
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What I said to them at half time would be unprintable on the radio.
