Dick Wolf When it went on the air, the sales department hated it. It was the highest advertising pullout show in the history of NBC. At the early focus groups, people were saying, ‘Who are these people? Why should we watch them? – Dick Wolf Advertising Quotes Air Quotes Department Quotes Focus Quotes Hated Quotes History Quotes Nbc Quotes People Quotes Pullout Quotes Sales Quotes Watch Quotes The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a character in a story that is compelling and has a backbone, you draw people in. The agendas on the management side of the table now are not in sync like they used to be because you have vastly different entities supplying programming to networks.
Dennis Franz Everyone needs to be proactive and know the various warning signs of cancer. Early detection and research to make detection easier at earlier stages, along with the treatments needs, is still a must. I salute all those winning the battle. – Dennis Franz
Brett Gelman I think some people watch ‘Raging Bull,’ or they watch ‘The Piano Teacher,’ and I think they’re more, maybe, able to process an antihero in a dramatic context, where people more want comedy to take care of them. But that’s not really taking care of people. That’s just providing escape, which sometimes is necessary. – Brett Gelman
Stephen Schwartz While many of my musicals deal with big themes and ideas, I don’t intentionally go looking to write shows like that. A story will interest me, and then somewhere along the way, I discover that hidden inside are these epic themes. – Stephen Schwartz
Bernard Goldberg A lot of people who voted for Barack Obama expected and were led to expect something new in politics: a new tone of political discourse in Washington. And I think – I think they’re disappointed, because Barack Obama is not a new kind of politician. In fact, he’s an old Chicago politician. – Bernard Goldberg
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Each material has its specific characteristics which we must understand if we want to use it. This is no less true of steel and concrete. – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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