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Joy Bryant Actress, Model
Television

"I've always said that if anything - whether it was film or television - was something I responded to, then I was open to it."

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Julia Child Chef, Author, Television Personality
Television

"Because I've done a lot of television, I'm sort of a generalist. I'm not a pastry cook, but I've had to learn a certain amount about it. I'm not a baker, though I've had to learn how to do it. I'm sort of a general cook."

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Johnny Cash Musician, Singer-songwriter
Television

"My mother always told me that any talent is a gift of God and I always believed it. If I quit, I would just live in front of the television and get fat and die pretty soon."

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Leader
Television

"But while so many white Americans are unaware of conditions inside the ghetto, there are very few ghetto dwellers who are unaware of the life outside. The television sets bombard them day by day with the opulence of the larger society."

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Kurt Vonnegut Novelist, Satirist
Television

"The right of the people to peacefully assemble and petition their government for a redress of grievances is now worth a pitcher of warm spit. That's because TV will not come and treat it respectfully. Television is really something."

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Kurt Vonnegut Novelist, Satirist
Television

"all that has changed, in my opinion, is that, thanks to television, we can hide a great depression. we may even be hiding a third world war"

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Television

"Fifteen minutes later, Betsy came thundering down the stairs. "I'm going to the mall with Sierra to see a movie." Michael leaned forward, switched off the television. "Can you please rephrase that in the form of a question?" "Sure. Can I have some money?"

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