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Scott Simon Journalist
Magazines

"I became a pedant of the form. I did my graduate work in art history and particularly in the history of French satirical cartooning. And that made me aware of what a rich and resilient tradition this seemingly scabrous sacrilegious magazine still represented in French life."

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Susan Sontag Essayist, Critic, Activist
Magazines

"Painters and sculptors under the Nazis often depicted the nude, but they were forbidden to show any bodily imperfections. Their nudes look like pictures in physique magazines: pinups which are both sanctimoniously asexual and (in a technical sense) pornographic, for they have the perfection of a fantasy."

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Mackenzie Davis Actress
Magazines

"'Breathe In' was such a big deal for me. It was my first anything. Before that, I was going through 'Backstage Magazine' and applying for student films."

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Lauren Conrad Television Personality, Fashion Designer
Magazines

"If you're on the cover of any magazine, you certainly get recognized more."

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Lawrence Schiller Photographer, Filmmaker
Magazines

"I saw the end of the general magazine business at the end of the '70s, and I knew I had to move into another profession when the advertising dollar moved from magazines to television. The magazine business as we knew it was over. We were no longer the educators of the world."

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Keanu Reeves Actor, Producer
Magazines

"John Wick does different techniques. Everything is available to him. There isn't one way of working a weapon. I like the reload with the flick going outside. That movement of getting rid of the magazine is to go sideways with it."

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Frank Rich Journalist
Magazines

"If Obama needs to be criticized, I will criticize him. There's a tremendous amount of excitement about him. And a corollary of that is, as we're learning, from newspapers and magazines that are going into overdrive reprinting Obama editions, etc."

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Graham King Film Producer
Magazines

"I don't like making a film and having the actors in character too much in magazines and on the net and everything else. Because you want to keep something back."

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Mark Cuban Entrepreneur, Investor
Magazines

"If it had anything to do with the PC or networking industry I was on top of it. I bought manuals. I read every book and magazine. Then I would get involved with industry conferences and put myself out there."

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Lester Bowie Musician, Trumpeter
Magazines

"You know when I was younger I used to look at Downbeat Magazine and I figured anybody in Downbeat must be making a living."

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Lewis Black Comedian, Actor, Author
Magazines

"On the plane was a Time magazine and there was a 30 page article on diabetes, and I read every page. By the time that plane landed, I had diabetes."

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Janice Dickinson Model, Author
Magazines

"The industry has died as far as modeling has gone, and I'll tell you why. Magazines are featuring the Halle Berrys and Sarah Jessica Parkers, all the actresses. Makeup companies are featuring all the celebrities. All the models have died."

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Jean Arthur Actress
Magazines

"I hated the place (Hollywood), not the work, but the lack of privacy, those terrible prying fan magazine writers and all the surrounding exploitation."

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