Alex Trebek Quotes

I go through these cycles where I read a lot and then watch TV a lot.

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• The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • Books
  • Read
  • Just

• You can't hate Britney Spears because, you know what, no matter what Britney Spears been doing, she's still on TV.

  

  T-Pain
  • Hate
  • TV
  • Britney Spears

• I love TV.

  

  Katey Sagal
  • Love
  • I Love
  • TV

• In fact, I don't read newspapers any longer.

  

  Naomi Campbell
  • Read
  • Fact
  • Longer

• 'The Pianist' is a movie I could watch over and over again.

  

  Vidal Sassoon
  • Movie
  • Watch
  • Over

• TV and films are same for me. I took a decision to be an actor, and I am an actor. I never decided to be TV actor or film actor.

  

  Ram Kapoor
  • Decision
  • Actor
  • Films

• I never read about photography.

  

  Sally Mann
  • Never
  • Photography
  • Read

• I'm happiest when I can just be a director and watch.

  

  Iain Glen
  • I Can
  • Director
  • Watch

• My mother taught me to read.

  

  Fiona Shaw
  • Mother
  • Me
  • Read

• I didn't watch T.V. from the time I was 18 'til my mid-30s. And then I got a T.V. to watch 'The Sopranos.' I realized, 'Oh, T.V. is really interesting.'

  

  Ira Glass
  • Time
  • Interesting
  • Watch

• We are like the mechanism of a watch: each part is essential.

  

  Nathan Meyer Rothschild
  • Like
  • Watch
  • Essential

• I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot.

  

  J. D. Salinger
  • Read
  • Lot
  • Illiterate

• I read Carver. Julio Cortazar. Amis's essays. Baldwin. Lorrie Moore. Capote. Saramago. Larkin. Wodehouse. Anything, anything at all, that doesn't sound like me.

  

  Zadie Smith
  • Me
  • Like
  • Sound

• I don't watch a lot of T.V. I only watch things via Netflix, so I only watch the things that I'm choosing to watch.

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
  • Things
  • Watch
  • Netflix

• I love to read, and I love Martina Cole.

  

  Abbey Clancy
  • Love
  • I Love
  • Read

• I am always surprised people are surprised that people haven't read things.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • People
  • Read
  • Surprised

• I can watch films and say how technically beautiful they are, but I'm not impressed by any technicality.

  

  Abbas Kiarostami
  • Beautiful
  • Say
  • Watch

• You can't believe everything you read. I am only six foot three, by the way.

  

  L'Wren Scott
  • Believe
  • Read

• When I'm not supposed to do something, it becomes more attractive to me.

  

  Dan Farmer
  • Me
  • More
  • Supposed

• I absolutely loathe the idea of doing a fragrance simply as a moneymaker. Personal brand to make money? Vomit.

  

  Adam Levine Maroon 5
  • Money
  • Doing
  • Brand

• I think one of the reasons 'Gremlins' lasts and some other films don't is because I don't think the movie has a whole lot of dated things - sure, the cars, my hair, and few things here and there that date the movie - but it takes place in a sort of everytown, in a sorta non-specific time, and that gives the movie a timeless quality.

  

  Zach Galligan
  • Time
  • Movie
  • Quality

• I believe in a supreme being, yeah. But He's an all-loving God.

  

  Tom Araya Slayer
  • God
  • Being
  • I Believe In

• Because we can't escape our ancient hunger to live close to nature, we encircle the house with lawns and gardens, install picture windows, adopt pets and Boston ferns, and scent everything that touches our lives.

  

  Diane Ackerman
  • House
  • Garden
  • Hunger

• I go through these cycles where I read a lot and then watch TV a lot.

  

  Alex Trebek
  • Read
  • Watch
  • TV