Peter Bart Quotes

It's only in relatively recent years that Hollywood became the playground of multinational corporations which regard movies and TV shows as a minor irritant to their overall activity.

Peter Bart

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: editor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 24, 1932

Topics

MoviesHollywoodPlaygroundYearsTV

I've been building a future for myself outside of acting.

Joe Penny

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There is no direct and immediate connection between the individual citizens of a state and the general government. The relation between them is through the state. The Union is a union of states as communities and not a union of individuals.

John C. Calhoun

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I'm not interested in my legacy. I made up a word: 'live-acy.' I'm more interested in living.

John Glenn

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When somebody wants to write an article attacking a scoring system or the influence of wine writers, who's right in the cross hairs? It's not Steve Tanzer, it's not Marvin Shanken, it's me. These other people, it's not like they don't have some influence, and I'm more than happy to share it.

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

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I still don't really think about acting that much. I just do it.

Anna Paquin

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I've been doing nineteen hours a day on London, nothing else, I mean this has been my whole life, and writing has been put on one side, and if I'm privileged enough to be the Mayor of this city, then I will not write again.

Jeffrey Archer

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Making people laugh is the lowest form of comedy.

Michael O'Donoghue

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Our main task is not to see that people of great wealth add to it, but that those without much money have a greater chance to earn some.

Mitch Daniels

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In love, I've been a deceiver. But I realized being honest is so much easier than lying and being deceitful.

Luke James

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The two years I spent solely writing for other people kind of took me away from myself.

LP

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Watching a person lose their dignity used to be uncomfortable, and now it's an expected part of the program that we're becoming comfortable with.

Lisa Kudrow

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Anyone who's ever read the lyrics of an already cherished song has most likely encountered that hollow sensation of something missing, the absence of certain emotional integers. It can be like viewing a loved one's X-rays.

Jonathan Miles

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