Entertainment Quotes - Page 27

• Art and mass entertainment and propaganda, they can all be plotted on the same graph, but there is a difference.

  David Mamet

  Art, Differences, Propaganda

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• Journalism is the entertainment business.

  Frank Herbert

  Journalism, Entertainment Business

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• And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written.

  Mark Strand

  Comfort, Culture, Form

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• In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.

  Denis Diderot

  Children, Men

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• Sports and entertainment are the only places where inner-city kids see themselves being able to succeed. Their intellectual development is something they don't relate to.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Sports, Kids, Cities

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• Entertainment has to come hand in hand with a little bit of medicine.

  David Fincher

  Hands, Medicine, Littles

  "The Curious Case of David Fincher". Interview with Brian Mockenhaupt, www.esquire.com. March 1, 2007.

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• The mass production of distraction is now as much a part of the American way of life as the mass production of automobiles.

  C. Wright Mills

  Way, Distraction, Mass

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• The dinner party is a suburban form of entertainment. Its spread in our big cities represents an insidious Fifth Column suburbanization of the metropolis.

  Phillip Lopate

  Party, Cities, Dinner

  Phillip Lopate (2004). “Getting Personal: Selected Writings”, p.148, Basic Books

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• Airline food is not intended for human consumption. It's intended as a form of in-flight entertainment, wherein the object is to guess what it is, starting with broad categories such as "mineral" and "linoleum."

  Dave Barry

  Funny, Humorous, Food

  Dave Barry (2010). “Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need”, p.39, Ballantine Books

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• An exotic and irrational entertainment.

  Samuel Johnson

  Funny, Humorous, Exotic

  Lives of the English Poets "Hughes" (1779 - 1781)

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• Most x-rated films are advertised as "adult entertaintment,"for "mature adults," when in reality they are juvenile entertainment for immature and insecure people.

  Zig Ziglar

  Insecure, Reality, People

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• Mass entertainment in America has been dominated for a long time by the mode of documentary realism.

  David Riesman

  America, Long, Documentaries

  David Riesman (1964). “Abundance for What?”, p.220, Transaction Publishers

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• I think that Oprah's on a mission to improve the lives of the average American in various ways. And one of them is to bring literature to people who would normally not be quite as demanding in their reading tastes, to show them writing that can be more than just entertainment.

  Janet Fitch

  Reading, Writing, Thinking

  Janet Fitch (2013). “White Oleander”, p.274, Hachette UK

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• I don't think people are fools, and I think they deserve a good attitude and smart entertainment.

  Tatyana Tolstaya

  Attitude, Smart, Thinking

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• I think of my novels as entertainments.

  Stephen L. Carter

  Thinking, Novel

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• In real life there are indeed black people who have been in the middle class for generations, but in entertainment it's as if they don't exist.

  Stephen L. Carter

  Real, Class, People

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• People are always saying that Hollywood messes up kids. I'm like, 'No, families mess up kids!' I grew up in Hollywood, and I'm perfectly fine. If my children want to go into the entertainment business, I won't stop them, as long as they're passionate about it.

  Tori Spelling

  Children, Kids, Long

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• I don't understand why, in entertainment, the hours are as long as they are. It seems like everything takes forever, and no one can tell you why exactly.

  Janeane Garofalo

  Long, Forever, Hours

  Interview with Sean O'Neal, www.avclub.com. June 7, 2007.

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• I'm not interested in entertainment.

  Howard Barker

  Not Interested

  "Howard Barker: 'I don't care if you listen or not'". Interview with Maddy Costa, www.theguardian.com. October 1, 2012.

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• Music in Africa often contains messages. Music in Senegal, and Africa, is never music for music's sake or solely for entertainment. It's always a vehicle for social connections, discussions and ideas.

  Youssou N'Dour

  Ideas, Connections, Sake

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• What do you actually need? Food, clothing and shelter. Everything else is entertainment.

  Aloe Blacc

  Needs, Shelter, Clothings

  "Aloe Blacc Discusses His Grand Scheme to Get Some Dollars". Interview with Brandon Deroche, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 15, 2011.

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• I think a lot of food shows, especially when we started 'Good Eats' back in the late '90s, they were still really about food. 'Good Eats' isn't about food, it's about entertainment. If, however, we can virally infect you with knowledge or interest, then all the better.

  Alton Brown

  Thinking, Late, Interest

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• My mom and dad - they were always there. They were always on the set. They focused on our family life. The entertainment business wasn't the end-all. They weren't out to get the next big paycheck or the next big movie. It was about 'What can we do as a family.

  Candace Cameron

  Mom, Dad, Next

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• I remember when I got to 16, my mum was like, 'No, now you've got to go and get a proper job. We've indulged you long enough.' I don't think they ever thought I was going to be successful in entertainment at all.

  Kelly Brook

  Jobs, Successful, Thinking

  "Kelly Brook" by Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. October 31, 2009.

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• We joke about it in the entertainment industry: Every actor wants to be a musician, and every musician wants to be an actor.

  Lance Bass

  Musician, Actors, Want

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