David L. Wolper Quotes

I make it happen. Who bought Alex Haley's book 'Roots' for TV? Me. I hired the director, hired the writer. I put them all together. I'm like the chef. If I mix all the ingredients right, it's going to taste terrific. If I don't, it's not going to come out good.

David L. Wolper

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: producer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 11, 1928 - August 10, 2010

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GoodTogetherMeChefRootsBook

As actors, we have a philosophy, which is this: great fun. That has transmitted itself into the dwarf philosophy of life. We're up for a brawl, we're up for a bloody good feed, and if you've got food, well, we share what we've got, and so should you.

John Callen

LifeGoodGreatFoodFunYou

It takes up enough of my time and interest just working on comedy. I just enjoy it and love doing it.

Jerry Seinfeld

LoveTimeComedyDoingEnoughEnjoy

No convention on God's foot-stool can, or has a right to, run me and make anything but a Democrat out of me.

Melville Fuller

GodMeRunRightOutAnything

Except here it's more power, more energy, younger and also in Europe it's still not only entertainment. Theater or films are looked at as a moral institution. That's why maybe they're so poetic. Here it's clear entertainment.

Maximilian Schell

PowerEnergyMoralEntertainmentWhy

It is a natural gift I was born with but it's something I've had to nurture in training.

Michael East

TrainingGiftBornNurtureSomething

No, United Artists was a very extraordinary organization, because once they had agreed on the director, they believed in letting him have his way. They trusted me, and that doesn't often happen.

John Schlesinger

MeOrganizationWayDirectorHim

'LIFE Magazine' decided to do a story about a young actress in Hollywood in 1954. And I made the cover. And I remember that the fellow who was doing the story on me said, 'Listen, kid, I just want you to know, if Eisenhower gets a cold, you're off the cover.'

Rita Moreno

LifeMeColdStoryDoingRemember

Hollywood has always been political. They consider it their right and duty to tell us what is politically good and right.

Mike Royko

GoodPoliticalHollywoodDutyRight

Even if you can afford the price of college, you cannot afford a worthless degree.

Lisa Madigan

CollegeYouPriceDegreeWorthless

To be ECW champion is something that I take very, very seriously.

CM Punk

ChampionSeriouslyTakeSomething

Was this an old disease, and, if so, which one? If it was new, what did that say about the state of medical knowledge? And in any case, how could physicians make sense of it?

Peter Lewis Allen

KnowledgeMedicalNewSayOldSense

It is so powerful when we can leave behind our ordinary identities, no longer think of ourselves primarily as a conductor, or writer, or salesclerk, and go to a supportive environment to deeply immerse in meditation practice.

Sharon Salzberg

PracticeThinkEnvironmentPowerful

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