"More than illness or death, the American journalist fears standing alone against the whim of his owners or the prejudices of his audience. Deprive William Safire of the insignia of the New York Times, and he would have a hard time selling his truths to a weekly broadsheet in suburban Duluth."

-- Lewis H. Lapham

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“I can't imagine anyone ever again being able to make a film like, say, Summer Holiday, for instance, to give a British example, actually. And there will never be another Annette Funicello. I suppose it's the slight starchiness of the innocence that makes it unrepeatable.”
“One of them hung a pink bra from our lighting fixture. I left it there. It was a nice bra”
“To get what he wanted, a man had to give other people what they wanted.”

Source : Dashiell Hammett (1965). “The novels of Dashiell Hammett”
“You don't make a fortune doing cartoons. It's a lot of fun, it keeps you busy, and it's better than a kick in the pants, absolutely. But doing voiceover work doesn't make you rich. It just doesn't.”

Source : "Patrick Warburton on 'Hoodwinked'". Interview with Michael J. Lee, movies.radiofree.com. December 12, 2005.
“The truth is the Federal Reserve Board has usurped the Government of the United States. It controls everything here and it controls all our foreign relations. It makes and breaks government at will.”
“The immoral profession of musical criticism must be abolished.”
“Have you been called to go out on a limb for God? You can bet it won't be easy. Limb-climbing has never been easy. Ask Joseph. Or, better yet, ask Jesus. He knows better than anyone the cost of hanging on a tree.”
“A comedian is not a person who opens a funny door - he's the person who opens a door funny.”

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