House Of Cards Quotes - Page 2

• Philosophers are all caught up in their philosophies. That's their house of cards. Religious leaders are caught up in their religious movements to the point where they forget about freedom. Everybody's got their drama going.

  Frederick Lenz

  Religious, Drama, Philosophy

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• If you are going to build something in the air it is always better to build castles than houses of cards.

  Georg C. Lichtenberg

  Air, Castles, Idealism

  "Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook F 39, 1799.

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• Our liberty will not be secured at the sword's point... We must secure it by making ourselves worthy of it. And when the people reaches that height, God will provide a weapon, the idols will be shattered, tyranny will crumble like a house of cards, and liberty will shine out like the first dawn.

  Jose Rizal

  Idols, People, Shining

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• People tell me the Netflix series, House of Cards, is sort of like my class come to life. The movie Margin Call portrays the realities of hierarchical relationships and rivalries beautifully, and how people respond when under pressure. Gandhi and Long Walk to Freedom both have the virtue of presenting larger-than-life figures in a more realistic way, showing their flaws and contradictions - their humanity - in a way that is very helpful.

  Jeffrey Pfeffer

  Reality, Long Walks, Class

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse.

  Heinz Guderian

  War, Broken, World

  Heinz Guderian (2001). “Panzer Leader”, p.387, Da Capo Press

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• One of the cool things, obviously there's 'Scandal,' 'House of Cards,' there was 'West Wing.' Other than that Jack Lemmon/James Garner movie about ex-presidents, no one's ever done anything in this area, whereas a lot of times, we do a story where someone goes, "Oh, yeah, they did someone sleeping with a Secret Service agent on 'House of Cards.'"

  David Mandel

  Sleep, Wings, Secret

  "Here's what comes next after last night's surprising 'Veep' finale". Interview with Alan Sepinwall, uproxx.com. June 27, 2016.

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• Whether Theresa May had stabbed has stabbed the former Mayor of London in the back and Michael Gove had stabbed him in the front. That's about it. It makes House of Cards look like Teletubbies.

  Nigel Evans

  Looks, May, London

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• Clearly the success of the Netflix model, releasing the entire season of 'House of Cards' at once, proved one thing: The audience wants the control. They want the freedom. If they want to binge as they've been doing on 'House of Cards' and lots of other shows, we should let them binge.

  Kevin Spacey

  Netflix, Want, Should

  "Edinburgh TV Fest: Kevin Spacey Talks Day-and-Date Releases, TV Tax Credits" by Georg Szalai, www.hollywoodreporter.com. August 23, 2013.

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• I have more faith in doing something creative for a cable station or something like Yahoo or Google or Amazon. What Netflix did with 'House of Cards' and David Fincher was brilliant. That is inspiring to me. I think there is more chance for creativity in animation, it just hasn't happened there yet.

  Henry Selick

  Creativity, Thinking, Creative

  "Siggraph: Henry Selick Wants to Make Comedic, Live-Action Horror Films" by Carolyn Giardina, www.hollywoodreporter.com. July 22, 2013.

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• We have to find a new balance; otherwise even the moral edifice of the church is likely to fall like a house of cards, losing the freshness and fragrance of the Gospel.

  Pope Francis

  Fall, Balance, Church

  Interview with Antonio Spadaro, w2.vatican.va. September 21, 2013.

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• The gods tempt us. They offer us riches and sweet smelling women, tres leches, each milk sweeter than the one before. But you cannot beat the gods. The grander house and the bigger deal only mean more borrowed time, more risk. When you build your life on a house of cards, you never know when the joker will turn up.

  Paul Levine

  Sweet, Mean, Risk

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• I do not think you want too much sincerity in society. It would be like an iron girder in a house of cards.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Thinking, Iron, Would Be

  W. Somerset Maugham (2017). “Plays Volume One”, p.171, Random House

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• I couldnt imagine something asking as much of me as House Of Cards. Its a great warm-up for coming back to the screen.

  Kevin Spacey

  Asking, Imagine, Great War

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• For the fundamentalist who wants to believe every word of the Bible, however, life is a house of cards, with each card a tenet of faith. If you remove one card, the entire house collapses.

  Morris Sullivan

  Believe, Atheism, Want

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• My favorite TV shows are Orange Is the New Black, House of Cards, Modern Family, and Veep.

  Danai Gurira

  Tv Shows, Orange, Modern Family

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• I have talked to more people who are in politics who have said to me, "[House of Cards] is closer than you can imagine. It's the most accurate description of how politics actually works that we've ever seen." I mean, West Wing - beautiful, wonderful idea of how democracy should work. But I've had more people in politics say they think House of Cards is closer. I - don't know whether to take that as a compliment or a sad state of affairs.

  Kevin Spacey

  Beautiful, Mean, Thinking

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• I tend to avoid the shows that focus on politics, just to get a break from it all, i tried watching the first couple episodes of 'House of Cards,' but I thought it was way over the top. Members of Congress aren't anything like Frank Underwood. Most of us are far less interesting.

  Paul Ryan

  Couple, Interesting, Focus

  "Is Washington a 'House of Cards'?" by S.E. Cupp, www.cnn.com. December 14, 2014.

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• Movies principally require the best of everybody, all at the same time, being the best they can be. Not just like five people being the best they've ever been, and 10 people not being the best they could be. It's like if everybody is either doing their greatest work, or the whole house of cards falls apart.

  Steven Spielberg

  Fall, People, Being The Best

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• A tragedy is a tragedy, and at the bottom, all tragedies are stupid. Give me a choice and I'll take A Midsummer Night's Dream over Hamlet every time. Any fool with steady hands and a working set of lungs can build up a house of cards and then blow it down, but it takes a genius to make people laugh.

  Stephen King

  Dream, Stupid, Night

  "Duma Key". Book by Stephen King, January 22, 2008.

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• The casting of any film is around 60% of the film, but it's also about the right casting insight. It's a bit like a house of cards, everyone has to match up in a certain way so the whole structure is grounded. So that's essential, and yes, it's about finding the right people and the right constellation around the lead character.

  Nicolas Winding Refn

  Character, People, Essentials

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

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