Frank Pierson Quotes

A 'live' show is either alive or not. Free speech is free or it is not. Viewers are free to use their remote or TiVo. Parents are responsible or they are not.

Frank Pierson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 12, 1925 - July 22, 2012

Topics

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I'd never really imagined myself as an action star.

Joel Edgerton

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We have problems, terrible problems, but our problems are human problems.

John Cassavetes

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Even the most jingoistic person would have to admit that even American cultural music comes from Europe. That's what classical music is, real European music.

Sonny Rollins

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If you've tried everything possible to get an outcome, and it just hasn't worked out as planned, stop trying so hard. Relax. Maybe the timing's not right. Maybe it wasn't in your best interests. Maybe while one door seems to be closing, another is opening.

Robin S. Sharma

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I don't just sing R&B: I'm able to sing pop and play with other sounds, but it's all real soulful.

Rotimi

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But it all came, and for me, hip-hop has done more for racial divide and racial sort of bringing together than anything in the last 30 years. Seeing people like Eminem sounding like somebody like Jay-Z and just the racial aspects of it all.

Michael Rapaport

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Every year we are greeted by a host of new apps that will 'change the way we think' about ordering takeout, 'fundamentally transform' our shoe purchases, or 'revolutionize' the way we edit photos.

Mitch Kapor

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You see, 'The Look of Silence' is the first film ever made where survivors confront perpetrators who still hold a monopoly on power. It's normally never done because it is too dangerous.

Joshua Oppenheimer

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Services like Google and Facebook only exist because of the social acceptance of a mass amount of distributed volunteer labor from tons and tons of people.

Jaron Lanier

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My father's music is all I remember from my childhood.

Dawn Richard

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I feel like I've always thought of myself as a comedian.

Wyatt Cenac

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I am convinced that music, like philanthropy, bridges hope.

Ricky Martin

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