Tom Shales Quotes

'I Love Lucy,' the first classic, really belonged more to the Wacky Woman genre than the domestic sitcom; 'My Little Margie' and 'I Married Joan' were among the shrill, coarse imitations.

Tom Shales

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 3, 1948

Topics

LoveWomanMoreClassicFirstWacky

As the years passed, and I was nine, 10, 11 years old, it became obvious I was going to start up a business of some sort.

John Caudwell

BusinessStartOldYearsUpGoing

A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea.

John Ciardi

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True patriotism isn't cheap. It's about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going.

Robert Reich

PatriotismAmericaBurdenTrueCheap

I believe the biggest stigma right now, with mental health, is that a lot of men are not talking about it.

Mauro Ranallo

HealthMenBelieveTalkingNow

I don't know what organically grown chickens are; I've never seen one.

Tony Curtis

KnowNeverChickensSeenGrown

I don't live under the illusion we don't need a military to protect this country.

Ron White

LiveIllusionCountryProtectNeed

As a foreign minister, I have to respect the authority to look after the best interest of the child is, as always, in my country like in India, with the parents and the family. But in extreme cases, the situation is open for the child protection authority to intervene.

Jonas Gahr Store

FamilyRespectBestChildParents

In 'The Bourne Identity,' I wanted to give the audience the feeling of being in the car with Jason Bourne, not just watching him drive but be in the car with him, and 'The Wall' is the continuation of that immersive filmmaking style. Where you're trapped behind the wall with Aaron Taylor-Johnson - for better or worse, you're trapped there with him.

Doug Liman

CarStyleIdentityDriveBetterYou

We're so specialized now in our entertainment. It's nice to do a show where you're really circling back to this idea of, 'Couldn't there be a show the whole family can watch together?'

Dean Devlin

FamilyTogetherYouBackNiceNow

If you're working on a computer and you're editing bass, it looks like a warm curvy, sort of feminine object.

Colin Greenwood

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In the act of reading, especially reading fiction, where a world is being created, all kinds of matters of belief come into play.

Alice McDermott

WorldReadingPlayBeliefMatters

I stated that Hiroshima and Nagasaki are 'among the most unspeakable crimes in history.' I took no position on just where they stand on the scale of horrors relative to Auschwitz, the bombing of Chungking, Lidice, and so on.

Noam Chomsky

HistoryStandHiroshimaPosition

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