Anne Sweeney Quotes

I remember when cable happened and everyone said broadcast was dead, and then satellite happened and everyone said cable was dead, and then DVDs happened and everyone said everything was over. Nothing was over. I'm very optimistic about the future.

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• Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.

  

  Barry Bonds
  • Society
  • Respect
  • Model

• In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.

  

  Salvador Dali
  • Society
  • Respect
  • Talent

• I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.

  

  Tahar Ben Jelloun
  • Thought
  • Security
  • Sexuality

• I don't commit to things unless I have my A-team to do it. And I'm not trying to be cocky, but that shows in my productions. They are top notch!

  

  Cameron Mackintosh
  • Trying
  • Team
  • Shows

• I love Frank Ocean. I think he's so talented and his music is so great. So, I would love to do one of his songs like 'Bad Religion' or 'Pink Matter.'

  

  Jacob Artist
  • Great
  • Music
  • Love

• I don't normally take to Yorkshiremen.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Take
  • Normally

• I always say it took me 10 minutes to write 'Cars,' but if I am honest it could have been even less than that - and it has been a really successful song over the years. It is still massively used, in advertising, in films, and people do cover versions of it a lot.

  

  Gary Numan
  • Song
  • Films
  • Advertising

• I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.

  

  Yusef Komunyakaa
  • Hope
  • Black
  • See

• It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his planet; the bylaws are shorter, and he is personally acquainted with the other members.

  

  E. B. White
  • Man
  • Planet
  • Club

• I love thinking about the film, the project and committing myself as much as possible.

  

  Vin Diesel
  • Thinking
  • Project
  • Committing

• I love playing sports. I'm overly eager and aggressive and not very skilled, so it leads to many small injuries.

  

  Rachel Platten
  • Sports
  • Aggressive
  • Leads

• We didn't gel with Poison and the Bon Jovi. Bon Jovi was the best of the pop metal bands, but we never fit in with the hair metal stuff. We were never as hip as the Chili Peppers. We were in the middle.

  

  Gary Cherone Van Halen
  • Best
  • Hair
  • Never

• A Libertarian society of unfettered individualism spreads its benefits to virtually everyone - not just those who have the resources to seize political power.

  

  Harry Browne
  • Power
  • Society
  • Political

• I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.

  

  Barbra Streisand
  • Air
  • Streets
  • Hot

• I did model for a little while part-time, but I wasn't a bloody model, and I am definitely not that horrible thing 'model-turned-actress.'

  

  Tamsin Egerton
  • Time
  • Model
  • Actress

• I don't think in terms of legacy or that kind of stuff. I've always thought that'll take care of itself if I did everything right on a day-to-day basis.

  

  Landon Donovan
  • Care
  • Thought
  • Legacy

• I do think grand gestures are a hit and miss, especially for girls.

  

  Carly Rae Jepsen
  • Think
  • Hit
  • Gestures

• You can't totally rebel, otherwise you have to go live on your own, on a desert island. It's as simple as that.

  

  Patrick McGoohan
  • Live
  • Simple
  • Desert

• He didn't love me because I'm valuable. Because He loved me, I became valuable.

  

  R. C. Sproul, Jr.
  • Valuable

• Remember me with smiles and laughter, for that is how I will remember you all. If you can only remember me with tears, then don't remember me at all.

  

  Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • Remember
  • Me
  • Laughter

• Acknowledging the physical realities of our planet does not mean a dismal future of endless sacrifice. In fact, acknowledging these realities is the first step in dealing with them. We can meet the resource problems of the world - water, food, minerals, farmlands, forests, overpopulation, pollution - if we tackle them with courage and foresight.

  

  Jimmy Carter
  • World
  • Future
  • Food

• Your future shines bright - find your purpose and go for it. Starting tomorrow, you can change the world.

  

  Gabrielle Giffords
  • World
  • Future
  • Purpose

• I really appreciate what it takes to create a book. I understand the loneliness that it involves and the excitement and the vulnerability: I especially identify with that.

  

  Bill Clegg
  • Book
  • Vulnerability

• I remember when cable happened and everyone said broadcast was dead, and then satellite happened and everyone said cable was dead, and then DVDs happened and everyone said everything was over. Nothing was over. I'm very optimistic about the future.

  

  Anne Sweeney
  • Remember
  • Future
  • Optimistic