David L. Wolper Quotes

'Roots' did show that the audience would be receptive to black talent and a black story.

David L. Wolper

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TalentRootsStoryBlackAudience

Footballers from the street are more important than trained coaches.

Johan Cruyff

ImportantStreetMoreThanCoaches

I always feel very afraid as I work on books. It's just so hard to write a decent book!

Jennifer Egan

WorkBookFeelWriteHardAfraid

Pole vaulting is an event of high and lows.

Jenn Suhr

HighEventLowsPole

Stand-up is the scariest thing - whether it's TV, movies, improv - stand-up is the worst.

Melissa Peterman

MoviesWorstImprovTVThing

I never wanted to separate from either wife. It was accumulated stress. We had virtually no time to ourselves. After politics we were both working very hard to establish new careers.

John Hewson

TimePoliticsStressWifeNewNever

My libertarian friends are probably getting a little upset now but I think that's because they never appreciate the benefits of local fascism.

Ann Coulter

ThinkAppreciateFriendsUpsetNever

I look upon the whole world as my parish.

John Wesley

WorldLookWholeParish

I see no intrinsic reason why a doubly talented artist might not arise and create a comic-strip novel masterpiece.

John Updike

ArtistCreateWhyMasterpieceSee

Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced into unbelief.

Sigmund Freud

BeliefJustForcedUnbelief

Some people love some music, and they hear it a year later and they think, 'What was I thinking?'

Robbie Robertson

LoveMusicPeopleThinkThinking

In an era of global value chains, worldwide sourcing and the never-ending search for new markets, we must be careful to avoid the proliferation of regional standards. A multilateral approach holds wider benefits for more actors.

Roberto Azevedo

ValueSearchNewChainsMoreGlobal

I came second in a 1,500-metre running race at school. I knew I couldn't have come first, so second was my version of first.

Chet Faker

SchoolRaceFirstComeKnewSecond

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