Antony Jay Quotes

The Opposition aren't really the Opposition. They're just called the Opposition. But in fact they are the Opposition in exile. The Civil Service are the Opposition in residence.

Antony Jay

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: April 20, 1930 - August 21, 2016

Topics

ServiceOppositionJustFactCivil

There's so much material out there that's unnecessarily racist. It takes a shot at what is 'urban' or demonstrates blackness with some sassy, neck-jiving character that's not even relevant to the plot. I see it time and time again, and it doesn't move the story forward. It just kind of cryogenically freezes us in this old racial paradigm.

Jesse Williams

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I think you tell the story that has to be told. You tell the story that's the truth. You tell the story that readers will be interested in and should know about.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

TruthStoryThinkYouKnowWill

Every time I go in, me and my time, we're 0-0, and we're looking to become 1-0.

Max Holloway

TimeMeLookingGoBecomeMy Time

Most American films have now become mindless. The human element has been removed, so you are just left with the surrogate human, which is the robot, so coincidentally or, rather, ironically, they are making films about robots, without realising they are talking about themselves.

Steven Berkoff

AmericanTalkingYouRobotsBecome

Violent movements attract thugs and firebrands who enjoy the mayhem. Violent tactics provide a pretext for retaliation by the enemy and alienate third parties who might otherwise support the movement.

Steven Pinker

SupportEnjoyEnemyMovementAttract

The only bipartisan place in D.C. is Brooks Brothers.

Tony Hale

PlaceOnlyBipartisanBrothers

I guess I watch movies to make myself happier a lot.

Mike Mills

MyselfMoviesWatchGuessHappier

The unknown is always interesting.

Michael Ovitz

InterestingUnknownAlways

The strongest are those who renounce their own times and become a living part of those yet to come. The strongest and the rarest.

Milovan Djilas

LivingBecomeOwnComeWhoPart

When you're a kid, you learn whatever your parents think until you start taking in media. Because all your friends are your age as well, media is the third parent that you ever have. So I think about that a lot, what visual imagery is teaching us, and media in general having a huge impact.

Lucy Dacus

AgeParentsStartThinkImpactYou

I love all Daphne du Maurier's stuff. And just enjoying period dramas, really... wanting to do something drastically different from 'Nighty Night', the chance to write very different language.

Julia Davis

LoveNightChanceLanguageWrite

Social safety-net spending is an important form of public funding that helps offset disparities in family resources for children.

Janet Yellen

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