Peter York I can remember when anything further downtown New York than Canal Street was risky and the whole area still looked like a ’70s cop movie location; when the original loft-owners were more dash-than-cash, artistic types. – Peter York Artistic Quotes Canal Quotes Cop Quotes Dashthancash Quotes Downtown Quotes Location Quotes Loftowners Quotes Looked Quotes Movie Quotes Original Quotes Remember Quotes Risky Quotes Street Quotes Types Quotes York Quotes Selling scent is a key job for celebrities. At any one time, there’ll be hundreds of them at it, going on the world’s talk shows, doing photo-shoots, providing employment for thousands. Celebrities are instant brands. In the 1940s, cigarettes would be shown in classy situations, endorsed by celebrities – real A-list Hollywood stars in America – the ads would make claims about tobacco quality or manufacturing science and, bizarrely, some brands had what almost amounted to health claims.
Martine Syms A lot of my work, the subject is film and television itself, and history, and how that kind of coincides with larger cultural history and memory. – Martine Syms
George PackerReligion A religion is not just a set of texts but the living beliefs and practices of its adherents. – George Packer
ChangeDavid AttenboroughPoliticsSuccess Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics and in our politics. – David Attenborough
Juliet Rylance I have a really embarrassing reaction to horror films. I break out in a fever. – Juliet Rylance
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