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John Astin Quotes

I think Poe had a mission to tell us what it's all about. To answer some of the great questions of life.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actor
Nationality: american
Birth: March 30, 1930

Topics

Life Great Think Questions Mission

I'm not really much of an actor, so when I started on 'The Daily Show,' I was just trying to adopt the faux authority of a newsperson. Having a British accent definitely gave me a sonic leg up on that because there is a faux authority to the British accent in and of itself.

Daily Me Trying Authority Actor Up

Xi agreed to the American definition of legitimate espionage. In other words, you don't use the power of the state to steal secrets for profit.

Power Words American You Secrets

As a former teacher and a mother and grandmother, I know firsthand the importance of a quality education.

Education Mother Teacher Quality

It was always tough, but today we are in the throes of something we have never seen in our history. It's clear in recent times the market is looking for a bottom.

Sumner Redstone

Today History Looking Tough Never

Let's face it. How often do you see an Asian face in films and television? They are practically invisible. Now and then, you will get one, and, interestingly, he gets the role of a scientist. Isn't that interesting?

Face Interesting You Television Now

The public's appetite for what sensible newspapers call 'personality journalism' and what I call gossip is insatiable. It will never, ever stop growing because everybody dreams.

Dreams Personality Journalism Gossip

Being the front guy is a hard job.

Job Hard Guy Being Front Hard Job

Internet as a service is like culture that you have to understand, and each country has a local culture.

Service Culture Internet You Country

Every man, when he comes to be sensible of his natural rights, and to feel his own importance, will consider himself as fully equal to any other person whatever.

Joseph Priestley

Man Feel Person Will Equal Whatever

Now, the downside to conservation is that so much is done for the public, which almost always mars the environment that one wanted to conserve.

Environment Done Now Mars Always

Television cannot film corruption. Television cannot spend five days on a rattling railway train, talking endlessly. Television needs excitement, it needs an angle, it needs a 'sound bite.

Corruption Talking Television Train

A civilized nation can have no enemies, and one cannot draw a line across a map, a line that doesn't even exist in nature and say that the ugly enemy lives on the one side, and good friends live on the other.

Nature Good Live Ugly Friends Enemy

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