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• One substitute for the disappearing Evil Empire (The Soviet Union) has been the threat of drug traffickers from Latin America. In early September 1989, a major government-media blitz was launched by the President. That month the AP wires carried more stories about drugs than about Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa combined. If you looked at television, every news program had a big section on how drugs were destroying our society, becoming the greatest threat to our existence, etc.

  Noam Chomsky

  Latin, Media, Government

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• For us in the minority, the opportunity to see geese is more important than television.

  Aldo Leopold

  Nature, Opportunity, Important

  Aldo Leopold (1989). “A Sand County Almanac, and Sketches Here and There”, p.7, Oxford University Press, USA

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• If I put faith in medication, if I can smile a crooked smile, if I can talk on television, if I can walk an empty mile.

  David Bowie

  Art, Media, Entertainment

  Song: Afraid, Album: Heathen, 2002

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• I'll ruin everything you are, I'll give you television.

  David Bowie

  Art, Media, Giving

  Song: China Girl, Album: Let's Dance, 1983

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• She grew up hard and she grew up fast, in the age of television.

  Tom Petty

  Art, Media, Age

  Song: All The Wrong Reasons

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• Television, as you know, can kind of jettison you into a whole new world.

  David Caruso

  World, Kind, Whole

  "David Caruso talks 'CSI: Miami'". Interview with Paula Zahn, www.cnn.com. September 23, 2002.

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• I've had a passion for horses since I was very young - I used to sit on the floor in front of the races on television and pretend to be a jockey - and I first began reading the racing form on the set of 'The Partridge Family.'

  David Cassidy

  Horse, Reading, Passion

  "The perfect racehorse" by David Cassidy, www.theguardian.com. March 23, 2002.

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• A message I've been telling myself: the cinema is very conservative, and unless you have a story that satisfies you, that is within the unchallenging zone, but you love it, you can't do it as cinema. Otherwise, you better go do it for television, which is more daring now.

  Jane Campion

  Cinema, Stories, Messages

  "Ten Questions for Bright Star’s Jane Campion: 'I’ve Never Made a Crap Film'". Interview with Anne Thompson, www.indiewire.com. December 10, 2009.

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• Between 18 and 26 I acted professionally, on the stage and a little bit on television. Acting is okay, but it's quite pressurized. Then I went to England - I wanted to reinvent myself.

  Jane Campion

  Acting, Littles, England

  "Anna Makes It a Family Business / Jane Campion's sister's debut film is `Loaded'" by Mick La Salle, www.sfgate.com. April 17, 1996.

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• I think feature film can be quite conservative, because you have to now get audiences to come out, and it's quite a hard thing to do. Of course, television can be conservative too.

  Jane Campion

  Thinking, Conservative, Film

  "Jane Campion Says Feature Films Can Be Conservative". www.theguardian.com. October 09, 2012.

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• I love movies, I love television, I love narratives of all kinds.

  Michael Cunningham

  Movie Love, Narrative, Kind

  "Michael Cunningham: A life in writing" by Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. February 7, 2011.

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• Recently I've been participating in radio and television talk programs doing broadcasts and conferences, and shooting my mouth off and really going to town.

  Peter Maxwell Davies

  Shooting, Mouths, Radio

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• I have new music coming out. I'm working on some television shows. I still do a tremendous amount of concerts. I'm doing my restaurant. I got a club coming in New York. The restaurant is called Doug E. The club is called Fresh.

  Doug E. Fresh

  New York, Clubs, Coming Out

  "Doug E. Fresh talks 'teach me how to dougie', Pharrell collabo" by Shaheem Reid, www.mtv.com. July 7, 2010.

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• I don't watch a lot of television.

  Edie Falco

  Watches

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• I came to Los Angeles and did auditions for television. I made a terrible mess of most of them and I was quite intimidated. I felt very embarrassed and went back to London. I got British television jobs intermittently between the ages of 23 and 27, but it was very patchy.

  Michael Fassbender

  Jobs, Age, London

  "Fassbender on Fire" by Pamela McClintock, www.hollywoodreporter.com. January 17, 2012.

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• Anything that's on television as often as someone on 'The X Factor' is what's successful. That doesn't mean that I condone that or think that it's right. To be honest, I'd be the first to say I think it's a shame. But if that's the way it is then that's the way it is.

  Paloma Faith

  Mean, Successful, Thinking

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• It saddens me to see the reality-television shows that are getting so much fanfare that are a celebration of stupidity and the degradation of women. And those women are consistently wearing too short, too tight dresses. I hope the trend of aging gracefully returns.

  Prabal Gurung

  Reality, Stupidity, Trends

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The thing I don't like on television is when somebody does something that makes absolutely no sense just for the shock of it.

  Lauren Graham

  Doe, Shock

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• The thing you must really do in television is bring yourself to everything you do - you can't try to be anybody else.

  Lauren Graham

  Trying

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• Often with television, particularly with lifestyle entertainment, they really try and box you in.

  Nadia Giosia

  Trying, Entertainment, Lifestyle

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• I've had to adapt my wardrobe to my various roles, both at the office, as a mom, and for television. When I shop for the season I look for pieces that will suit every facet of my daily life, not just one single occasion.

  Nina Garcia

  Mom, Office, Roles

  "Nina Garcia Is Celebrating Her Birthday With ‘An Extra Helping Of Dessert’" By Lee Hernandez, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 3, 2012.

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• You're required to be outspoken in journalism, and in television you're exposed anyway, because everyone watches it.

  Peaches Geldof

  Watches, Journalism, Outspoken

  Interview with Rachel Cooke, www.theguardian.com. January 10, 2009.

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• There are moments when television systems are young and haven't formed properly, and there's room for lots of original stuff. Then things become more and more top-heavy with executives who are trying to guarantee the success of things.

  Terry Gilliam

  Trying, Guarantees, Stuff

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• I've never seen radio as the minor leagues, where I'm just really preparing to be in the show that really counts, namely, television, which is, I think, what people often assume. I've never felt that way.

  Terry Gross

  Thinking, People, League

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• If you are interested in ideas, radio is way more pure than television. You're not distracted by somebody's nose or hair or posture. You can really see how someone thinks and penetrate to the essence of who that person is.

  Terry Gross

  Thinking, Hair, Essence

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