Pop Culture Quotes

Pop Culture Quotes is an ongoing public interest project that shares quotes from the famous (and the infamous).

Steve Wynn | PopCultureQuotes.com

Rich people only like being around rich people. Nobody likes being around poor people, especially poor people. So we try and make the place feel upscale for everyone. That is to say we cater to people who have discretion and judgment and we give them a choice and we are consistent in that.

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By: Steve Wynn

Context:
The Wynn Resorts Chairman and CEO said this during a presentation to investors. The article states Wynn is making the point that he wants to create an "environment" of wealth that draws all kinds of crowds.

Michael Cudlitz from The Walking Dead | PopCultureQuotes.com

You'd have better luck picking up a turd from its clean end.

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By: Michael Cudlitz
Characters: Sgt. Abraham Ford
From: The Walking Dead

Context:
Sgt. Abraham Ford (Michael Cudlitz) says this to Dr. Eugene Porter (Josh McDermitt) during The Walking Dead Season 6, Episode 14, titled "Twice as Far," which originally aired March 20, 2016. Ford says in response to Eugene calling dibs to eliminating the threat from an approaching walker.

Michael Cudlitz from The Walking Dead | PopCultureQuotes.com

Let me ask you a question. When you were pouring the bisquick, were you tryin’ to make pancakes?

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By: Michael Cudlitz
Characters: Sgt. Abraham Ford
From: The Walking Dead

Context:
Sgt. Abraham Ford (Michael Cudlitz) asks the question to Glenn Rhee (Steven Yeun) during The Walking Dead Season 6, Episode 11, titled "Knots Untie," which originally aired February 28, 2016. Ford, who's reevaluating his own relationships with women, seems shocked that Rhee and his wife Maggie Greene (Lauren Cohan) are purposing looking to have a child in the world as it exists, in its post-apocalyptic, zombie-filled state.

Darrell Issa | PopCultureQuotes.com

To your know knowledge Ms. Landau, has the U.S. Government ever ordered a shredding company to reassemble paper that a [professional] shredding company has shredded?

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By: Darrell Issa

Context:
Darrell Issa, Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, asked the question to Worcester Polytechnic Institute professor Susan Landau, during her testimony in front of Congress regarding encryption. She and Apple lead attorney Bruce Sewell testified about an FBI request made to the company to access the phone of a terror suspect.

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My two hands.

When I was 14yrs old we were evicted from our tiny one bedroom apartment in Hawaii 'cause we couldn't afford the $180 per week rent. Came home with my mom that day to find a pad lock on our door with the eviction notice. My mom stood there in front of the door crying because we had no place to go, but out.

It was a real all time shitty low, BUT the silver lining blessing was at 14yrs that moment changed my life. I made a promise to myself that from that day forward I was going to do all I could to make sure we never got evicted again. And I was going to do that with my own two hands.

In my 14yr old punk mind, hitting the gym hard and building your body equaled success. And success equaled never getting evicted again. So that's exactly what I did.. and have never stopped since.

These days, I know me and my family are a long way away from those hard times, but I'll always work daily as if that eviction notice is waitin' for me around the corner. If you're going thru your own hard times - I read your comments so I know many of you out there are - there's a lot of frustrating shit we can't control - so we gotta focus on the one thing we can always control - putting in the work with our own two hands. Stay strong, because change and success is always possible. Always.

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Context:
An inspirational quote by The Rock posted on his Instagram after an obviously intense workout at the gym.

source: www.instagram.com,  

René Carson | PopCultureQuotes.com

Innovation should be accessible to and we argue - is more important for - the common everyday citizen. The average person should understand, be able to afford, and clearly see ways to integrate new products and ideas into their daily lives. New concepts should disrupt without forcing someone to uproot their existing worlds. That seamless disruption then improves and enriches a person's current life, not the life someone else is forcing you to embrace. For us, that's innovation.

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By: René Carson

Orlando Jones | PopCultureQuotes.com

I'm TOTALLY on board with Joseph Fiennes playing Michael Jackson IF AND ONLY IF Angela Bassett is cast as Elizabeth Taylor.

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By: Orlando Jones

Context:
Actor Orlando Jones reacting on Twitter to Joseph Fiennes being cast as Michael Jackson for a U.K. made-for-TV drama to appear on the British channel Sky Arts. The TV movie centers around a fabled road trip where Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando attempted to get home to Los Angeles from New York City after the September 11th terrorist attacks.

source: twitter.com,  www.cnn.com,  

Don Cheadle | PopCultureQuotes.com

I applaud their attempts to do something about it, which is great. But again, this is dealing with the symptom and not starting at the root cause - how we even get to results like this - which has to do with inclusion and access, including the ability for people of color, women, minorities having opportunities to get entry level positions where you can become someone who can green light a movie.

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By: Don Cheadle

Context:
Don Cheadle commenting on the 2016 Academy Awards diversity controversy where every major acting award nomination went to caucasians, excluding people of color as well as all other minorities. In the video, Danny DeVito also comments on the issue, saying "We're a bunch of racists."

Tim League | PopCultureQuotes.com

Too often in the industry I hear people say, ‘Oh, yeah, we bought that, it’s a piece of crap, but it’ll make money.’ But those are words we’re never going to utter because what we’re trying to do is build up credibility in our brand. We make very few compromises in programming, and we want to do the same on the distribution side.

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By: Tim League

Context:
Drafthouse Cinema CEO Tim League talking about the company's arthouse/grindhouse distribution arm, "Drafthouse Films."

source: watch.drafthousefilms.com,  

SIRI | PopCultureQuotes.com

  • "Look deep within yourself and you will find the answer. Especially on September 9."
  • "You're cute when you're desperate for information."
  • "The only hint I can give you right now is a hint of lime. And that there's a big announcement on September 9."
  • "I can neither confirm nor deny that I am not authorized either to confirm or deny that I cannot disclose anything that you would then have to confirm. In any case, I would deny it. Got it?"
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Characters: SIRI

Context:
Apple Computer sent out a media invitation for the company's upcoming product launch event on September 9, 2015. On the invite, Apple wrote "Hey Siri, give us a hint," regarding what products and technologies will be revealed at the event.

Apple programmed these responses to the phrase "Siri give me a hint".

In past years, Apple has held its media events at its corporate headquarters in Cupertino or at Moscone West in San Francisco. In 2015 the event was held at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco.

Ice Cube, | PopCultureQuotes.com

The great thing about being in this country is to be able to speak your mind.

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By: Ice Cube

Context:
Ice Cube, aka O'Shea Jackson, during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter July 31, 2015 issue, while discussing his film Straight Outta Compton, which tells the story of seminal rap group N.W.A.

Barry Corbin from No Country for Old Men | PopCultureQuotes.com

Well all the time ya spend tryin' to get back what's been took from ya, more is goin' out the door.

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By: Barry Corbin
Characters: Ellis
From: No Country for Old Men

Context:
Ellis, played by actor Barry Corbin in No Country for Old Men (2007). Ellis was speaking to Sherrif Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones), who asked what Ellis would have done if the man who had shot him and put him a wheelchair, had been released from prison. The jailed man had just died in prison.