"If you mentioned Hanna-Barbera to people, they said, "Oh yeah, Flintstone, Yogi, Scooby-Doo, Jetsons," and that was pretty much it. We have characters with very high recognition factors and great films, but no organized plans for really making the most of them and increasing their value."

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Source : "Q&A with Hanna-Barbera president Fred Seibert". Interview with Phil Gallo and Richard Setlowe, variety.com. March 23, 1994.

Fred Seibert

#Character Quotes #People Quotes #Recognition Quotes

“BeyoncÃ© is musically why I do what I do. She's an inspiration, she's incredible. I just love her.”
“A sweater is like life, you get nothing out of it that you don't put into it!”
“It's when we start working together that the real healing takes place... it's when we start spilling our sweat, and not our blood.”
“Mary Stuart wrote, 'My end is in my beginning.' It is easier to agree with her than to decide what is the beginning, and what is the end.”
“I wanted to be a tragedienne. I only wanted sad parts. When mother read the press notices when I was on the road, saying I was a 'comedienne,' the tears rolled down my cheeks. I thought comedians had to have black on their faces, or red beards...”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I've got four roommates and they all have fur and tails.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“All of the elements of the comic way tend to spread to others, insinuating joy where it was previously absent. Conversation has a way of leaping among persons, as it does at parties and celebratory gatherings. Storytelling always begets storytelling. It is difficult to watch others at play without wanting to join them. This is not only a human phenomenon, for researchers have consistently noted that animals at play are often imitated by other animals. So wherever it is possible to initiate a playful activity, it will have a good chance of replicating itself through other parts of the system.”
“What is public for you, Elie [Wiesel], is private for Frank [Moore Cross], and the reverse.”

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