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Jack Valenti Quotes

The VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston Strangler is to the woman alone.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: businessman
Nationality: american
Birth: September 5, 1921 - April 26, 2007

Topics

Alone Woman American Boston Producer

When I was writing my first novel, 'Where the Line Bleeds,' which had young black men as its main characters, I was very invested in telling the story and also very worried about the effects the story would have.

Men Writing Story Black Young First

I discovered the fun of genre is... you get to explore your fears, and you get to use the metaphor of the genre - whether it's a giant monster or a... 12-year-old vampire. Whatever it is, you can sink something underneath the surface and make a personal film under the guise of great fun romp.

Great Fun You Personal Explore Film

I thought I'd be the first to introduce herbal tea to Patna. White tea, ginger tea, rooibos, camomile. No one touched it. On subsequent visits, I'd find the packets decorating the shelves in my parents' dining room.

Tea Parents Thought Find White Room

It's an absolute honor to be taking part in the pageant for the Diamond Jubilee. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and will be a moment in history that will always be remembered. I'm really looking forward to being out on the river with friends and family. To mark this historic moment will be extremely special.

Family Opportunity History Moment

Our military members should be able to defend themselves here and abroad.

Military Defend Here Able Abroad

Film is subjective, and we must be careful with that. The kinds of films I love are those that observe, and I give possibility for people to talk. No need for me to tell people what to think - even when I make a film like 'S-21.' It's only one point of view. It's still a film; it's not a tribunal.

Love People Me Think View Talk

So I would dance and she would sing, and it was kind of a family thing. Performing was part of our world.

Family Dance World Kind She Sing

The 112th Congress passed only 220 laws, the lowest number enacted by any Congress. In 1948, when President Truman called the 80th Congress a 'Do-Nothing' Congress, it had passed more than 900 laws.

Congress President More Laws Only

Maybe it's just my improv and sketch background, but I'm a lot more comfortable in a group. I like sharing focus and populating an ensemble.

Jason Mantzoukas

Focus Sharing Group Sketch More

The idea that if governments open up and become more democratic they will fall is a false dilemma.

Jose Angel Gurria

Fall Will Become More Open Up

I'd see my daddy about once a month, and I missed him. I would have loved to have had more of him. He was tall, attractive and very quiet, very gentle. He had a wife who I don't think ever really liked me much.

Wife Me Think Loved Quiet Missed

It's been hard being on the Internet and not being respected by people in Hollywood.

Colleen Ballinger

People Internet Hollywood Hard Been

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