Jack Germond Quotes

I have always argued that newspapers should not have any civic purpose beyond telling readers what is happening... A reporter who doesn't quickly tell readers what they most want to know - the score - won't last long. Better he should teach political science.

Jack Germond

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 30, 1928 - August 14, 2013

Topics

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I wanted to make an Indian character who wasn't either a) the savage that must be eliminated, the force of nature that's blocking the way for industrial progress, or b) the noble innocent that knows all and is another cliche. I wanted him to be a complicated human being.

Jim Jarmusch

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But here I am today recording this and I'm in the studio with all the others on a clean mic. It's extraordinary, the actor's found a way of doing it for himself.

John Leeson

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Every time I play in a movie, I never expect that it'll be huge. I don't like thinking about that, because it's so scary.

Melanie Laurent

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I bought all the stuff, but nothing was as satisfying to me as using the Rolleiflex because it was one shot.

Matthew Modine

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Herr Schroder has conducted two electoral campaigns, and he is doing it again now, by not telling people what is really necessary. He keeps avoiding the difficult and uncomfortable issues, those that imply changes and therefore provoke discussions.

Angela Merkel

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You can watch any Hitchcock film and be blown away.

Jeff Nichols

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There is a view of Russian exceptionalism, that they are a unique civilisation, a view right since Ivan the Terrible that Russia is a special civilisation with a special culture. Putin is pushing that now.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

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The Labour Party is and always has been an instinctive part of my life.

Roy Jenkins

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There are millions of gay people in the United States, including well-known celebrities.

Mary Cheney

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Most of us pass our lives never once laying eyes on our own organs, the most precious and amazing things we own. Until something goes wrong, we barely give them thought. This seems strange to me. How is it that we find Christina Aguilera more interesting than the inside of our own bodies?

Mary Roach

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My first show was 'No Exit.' You couldn't find a more pretentious beginning, but it also instilled some sense of quality.

Chris Eigeman

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This film cost $31 million. With that kind of money I could have invaded some country.

Clint Eastwood

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