James Cameron from Terminator | PopCultureQuotes.com
We’re burdened with a consciousness, and that consciousness allows us to think ahead. Our daydreams and nightmares project future simulations, which we then hold ourselves up against to see if we can cut it... Ultimately, dark futures are always more interesting in movies than bright, utopian ones.
By: James Cameron
Genres: Science Fiction
Context:
Cameron comments on the "Allure of the Apocalypse" as a movie theme at the 30th Anniversary screening of his 1984 cult classic sci-fi thriller The Terminator. The screening took place at the American Cinematheque’s Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
Tim Berners-Lee | PopCultureQuotes.com
If a company can control your access to the internet, if they can control which websites they go to, then they have tremendous control over your life. . .If a Government can block you going to, for example, the opposition’s political pages, then they can give you a blinkered view of reality to keep themselves in power.
By: Tim Berners-Lee
Context:
Berners-Lee at the 2014 Web We Want festival in London, talking about the need for "Web Magna Carta." The Web We Want movement is dedicated to creating an online Bill of Rights, in order to prevent government overreach.
Ossie Davis | PopCultureQuotes.com
Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change - it can not only move us, it makes us move.
By: Ossie Davis
Gene Simmons | PopCultureQuotes.com
Rock is finally dead. . . I am so sad that the next 15-year-old kid in a garage someplace in St. Paul, that plugs into his Marshall and wants to turn it up to 10, will not have anywhere near the same opportunity that I did. He will most likely, no matter what he does, fail miserably.
By: Gene Simmons
Context:
KISS frontman Gene Simmons during an interview with Esquire Magazine that was conducted by his son, Nick. Simmons felt that because of what he says is a crumbling business model, including "file-sharing and downloading" by fans who believe they "were entitled to have something for free. . .rock is finally dead."
Bruce Lee | PopCultureQuotes.com
Harry Knowles | PopCultureQuotes.com
I was their experiment. . .They unleashed everything on me. I saw porn, all the Universal monster movies, all the Charlie Chan films, all the Sherlock Holmes things, all the Fred and Ginger movies. Film for me became how I related to everything else.
By: Harry Knowles
Context:
Ain't It Cool News founder Harry Knowles talking about how his parents raised him in Austin, Texas. They were described as hippie aesthetes who opened Austin's first movie memorabilia, pulp fiction and comics shop.
Marilyn Monroe | PopCultureQuotes.com
Just because you fail once, doesn’t mean you’re gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don’t, then who will?
By: Marilyn Monroe
Kevin Smith | PopCultureQuotes.com
When I make a movie, I don't kick back to Thomas Edison; So why do patent trolls think they own a piece of my podcast?
By: Kevin Smith
William Shakespeare from Richard III | PopCultureQuotes.com
Context:
Act V, Scene IV of Shakespeare's Richard III, quoted in an AM New York article about the real Richard III's remains being found in excavations of a medieval friary under a city park in London, England. The discovery was made by a team from the University of Leicester.
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AM New YorkWilliam Shakespeare from Richard III | PopCultureQuotes.com
The world has grown so bad that wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch.
By: William Shakespeare
Context:
Act I, Scene III of Shakespeare's Richard III, quoted in an AM New York article about the real Richard III's remains being found in excavations of a medieval friary under a city park in London, England. The discovery was made by a team from the University of Leicester.
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AM New YorkWilliam Shakespeare from Richard III | PopCultureQuotes.com
Context:
Act I, Scene I of Shakespeare's Richard III, quoted in an AM New York article about the real Richard III's remains being found in excavations of a medieval friary under a city park in London, England. The discovery was made by a team from the University of Leicester.
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AM New YorkSylvester Stallone | PopCultureQuotes.com
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Sylvester Stallone on why he sticks to action roles.
Tina Fey from 30 Rock | PopCultureQuotes.com
I don’t have any money if that’s what you’re after. And I’m not one of those girls that does weird stuff in bed because they think they have to. If you’re a gay guy looking for a beard, I don’t do that anymore. And if you’re trying to harvest my organs and sell them, I have an uncle who’s a cop so don’t even try it.
By: Tina Fey
Context:
Tina Fey as Liz Lemon on the NBC show 30 Rock. (Season 1, 2006, Episode 11)
Rihanna | PopCultureQuotes.com
Context:
Rihanna talking about reconciling with Chris Brown.
Malcolm X | PopCultureQuotes.com
The greatest mistake of the movement has been trying to organize a sleeping people around specific goals. You have to wake the people up first, then you'll get action.
By: Malcolm X
Context:
Malcolm X was talking about the Civil Rights Movement.