Roone Arledge Quotes

Television is a powerful medium that has to be used for something better than sitcoms and police shows. On the other hand, if you don't recognize the forces that play on what people watch and what they don't then you're a fool and you should be in a different business.

Roone Arledge

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 8, 1931 - December 5, 2002

Topics

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I was a founding member of the 'Dungeons and Dragons' club at my high school. I was in chorus, I was in swing choir. I was an outcast but I was an outcast among a group of outcasts.

John C. Reilly

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I think 'community,' in the sense in which politicians use, it is largely a cant term.

John Lanchester

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I love the role of Ripley.

Sigourney Weaver

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Most Evangelicals have the church to thank for the Sunday-school classes that taught us what the Bible says and paved the way for our eventual decisions to commit our lives to Christ.

Tony Campolo

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The ultimate goal is to give somebody something that they didn't know they wanted, but once they saw it, they had to have it.

Mindy Grossman

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That whole idea of chick lit being a thing that you just lump all the commercial female writers into - it went on for years.I'd switch on the radio, and I'd hear, 'Two female authors are here to discuss chick lit - is it dead?' and I'd think, 'Argh, no, not again. Are we seriously still having this conversation?'

Lisa Jewell

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I am looking for strong characters rather than being just a pretty girl. Actresses can do so much more than looking good.

Disha Patani

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I was looking at making a shift in my career. I've been so blessed I'd like to be able to give that back. If I could find young artists, young performers I can nurture to have a career I would really like that.

Diana Ross

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I really think about the times that I've been through with my husband and all the stuff that we've been through together, and I think to those moments for inspiration for the role.

Deborah Cox

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Of course we all know Biden is the intellect of the Democratic Party. Kind of a grin with a body behind it.

Clint Eastwood

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I don't regret anything about my younger career, mainly because we were children and didn't have too much power, but also because it gave us the privilege to be where we are now.

Cole Sprouse

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I think that in order to make revolution, you need to make reforms, but you should make these reforms with revolution in mind.

Boots Riley

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