Stan Freberg Quotes

A lot of television stuff is mean-spirited, and I think that's how political advertising got so mean-spirited, to where people are throwing things at the television set every time we have an election.

Stan Freberg

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Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 7, 1926 - April 7, 2015

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My agents usually get a breakdown of all the projects that are out there. When I got 'Divergent,' they hadn't finished the script. They knew they wanted the leader of the Dauntless to have a certain demeanor and energy. They had me read a short monologue, and I got the part.

Mekhi Phifer

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I'm always very careful to make the distinction between music criticism and music journalism. A lot of people don't. But criticism doesn't require reporting. You can write criticism at home in your underwear. On the other hand, journalism takes legwork - you have to get out there and see things and talk to people.

Michael Azerrad

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My brother was four years older and always building tree houses. Whether I wanted to or not, I learned carpentry.

Michael Beck

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Whether there is spec buying or not is not the greatest factor in the high cost of pharmaceuticals.

Stewart Rahr

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I was in the play 'Fat Pig in the West End,' which is a comedy but has dramatic moments.

Robert Webb

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Collective solutions to individual problems is very seductive. It's how Obama gets elected, by the way.

Rush Limbaugh

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I don't look at paying $8 billion for the directories business of Qwest as the thing that would really excite me... I'm looking at a connection to the human being where it's interesting.

Craig McCaw

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I hope I'm always convincing when I act!

Colin Baker

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Everybody told us we would never make it. Even friends would say to me, 'Okay this band thing is cool, but seriously, what are you really going to do?' I can't think of anyone who believed in us, and that was fuel for the fire, because the more anybody said I wouldn't do it, the more I was like, 'No, I'm going to do it.'

Brian Fallon

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If any country deserves American support, Ukraine does.

Brandon Webb

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Even actors are human beings, so we have issues to deal with - physical, emotional, and mental.

Arjun Kapoor

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Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.

Swami Sivananda

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