George Packer Quotes

I think the mix of narrative and analysis that the 'New Yorker' requires is a perfect expression of what my parents each gave me.

George Packer

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ParentsMeThinkPerfectNewMix

My problem is that I like technology, but I always have to ask myself, 'Now wait a minute, will I actually have any use for this?'

Jerry Zucker

TechnologyMyselfWaitProblemNow

Cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world.

Jean-Luc Godard

BeautifulWorldCinemaMoviesFraud

Performance capture is a technology, not a genre; it's just another way of recording an actor's performance.

Andy Serkis

TechnologyPerformanceWayCapture

But there are 90 million gun owners in the United States. Only 3.5 million want the insurance and magazines and the various things you get for joining the NRA.

Michael D. Barnes

GunInsuranceYouWantThingsGet

In my youth there were words you couldn't say in front of a girl; now you can't say 'girl.'

Tom Lehrer

GirlWordsYouthYouNowSay

'Geronimo' was a huge amount of work. That involved 80-piece orchestras and Indians and Tuvans and all kinds of crazy people on that thing. That's a real circus, that score.

Ry Cooder

WorkPeopleCrazyCircusRealScore

When you're confined to a hospital bed, there aren't many appointments you can make. You await visits from friends and family members. You enjoy the coconut ice cream they smuggle in. You tolerate the erratic and invasive visits of doctors and nurses, hoping that one of them will bring you closer to going home.

Josh Gondelman

FamilyHomeFriends And FamilyEnjoy

The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds.

Jawaharlal Nehru

MirrorArtPeopleTrueMinds

The William Morris Agency handled me. In that business, you're only as good as your last picture.

Johnny Weissmuller

GoodBusinessMePictureYouLast

There are a lot of folks at Fox News who bring a certain level of sophistication to their understanding of politics.

David Shuster

PoliticsUnderstandingNewsFoxWho

American workers are first rate.

Christopher Dodd

AmericanFirstWorkersRate

This country is just that great that the opportunities are there for a Hispanic president, a black president or any other race for a president, yes.

Chris Tucker

GreatOpportunitiesBlackCountry

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