"The good television of today is probably better than the best television of the old days. The bad television of today is worse. It is not only bad, it is damaging, meretricious, seedy and cynical."

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Source : "Savaging of 'seedy and cynical' TV" by Matt Wells, www.theguardian.com. August 28, 2004.

John Humphrys

#Cynical Quotes #Television Quotes #Today Quotes

“I don't believe in reincarnation, and I didn't believe in it when I was a hamster.”
“I think that systems that are based on employment are illogical and attempts to meet them create all sorts of unnecessary complexities.”

Source : Source: www.minneapolisfed.org
“When I was asked to leave, I left... Then they made me come back. I did, and I decided to enjoy it. It was one year. I care about everyone at 'Criminal Minds' but I knew, in my heart, I had left.”
“In fact, it is amazing how much European films - Italian, French, German and English - have recovered a certain territory of the audience in their countries over the last few years.”
“I'm too young to be this old.”
“I'd always been a news junkie, always read lots of newspapers and watched the Sunday morning news shows on TV and felt strongly about issues of power, control, sexuality and race.”
“Not deep the poet sees, but wide.”
“I'd always wanted to be a dramatic. Comedy comes more naturally to me. I can do it with more facility. So I feel more comfortable with it.”

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