Fredric Jameson Quotes

In most of the European countries - France stands out in its resistance to this particular form of American cultural imperialism - the national film industries were forced onto the defensive after the war by such binding agreements.

Fredric Jameson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 14, 1934

Topics

WarAmericanImperialismOutFilm

Writing books and being paid for it - it's not like winning the Lottery. You can't suddenly go, 'Yippee!' and start throwing tenners in the air. I've done pretty well out of it, but certainly not enough to say, 'Right, that's me set up for life.'

Joanne Harris

LifeMeWritingWinningStartYou

I blame my mother for my poor sex life. All she told me was 'the man goes on top and the woman underneath.' For three years my husband and I slept in bunk beds.

Joan Rivers

LifeMotherWomanManMeBlame

I wanted everybody to like me. I thought I was one shuck and jive away in every direction.

John Mayer

MeDirectionThoughtAwayLike

It's quite a dangerous career move to go wilfully on making films that may not find a distributor.

John Hurt

CareerFindDangerousGoMayMove

There's a wide range of motivations that led folks to patrol the border, to be part of Arizona Border Recon.

Matthew Heineman

BorderArizonaRangeLedPartWide

The way jazz works is that we take a theme, and then we write using the same structure, same chord changes, and then we can do different tunes.

Tommy Chong

JazzWayChangesWriteStructure

The Democratic Party has become the party of the coastal elite, and the Republican Party is the party of the working class and that average American citizen who's been struggling over the past eight years with Obama in the White House.

Ronna McDaniel

PastAmericanHouseWhiteParty

My stepmother wanted to be an actress.

Ruby Dee

ActressStepmotherWanted

War at this time and in this place is unwelcome, unwise, and simply wrong.

Martin Sheen

TimeWarWrongPlaceSimplyUnwise

Failure is the most terrible thing in our business. When we fail, the whole world knows about it.

Desi Arnaz

FailureBusinessWorldFailTerrible

We need to look at the totality of the things that we're labeling as violent and really examine whether we need to have some more proportionality in terms of the punishment fitting the crime that's done. The bright line that we have right now, between violent and nonviolent, does not account for shades of gray.

Cory Booker

LookDoneNowBrightPunishment

I wanted to be a story teller so badly.

Bonnie Hunt

StoryWantedTellerBadly

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