Entertainment/Television[英语名人名言]

时间：2007-05-15 06:16:24

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All television is children's television.
-- Richard P. Adler

 

Imitation is the sincerest form of television.
-- Fred Allen

 

You can take all the sincerity1 in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a firefly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart.
-- Fred Allen

 

The remarkable2 thing about television is that it permits several million people to laugh at the same joke and still feel lonely.
-- T. S. Eliot

 

If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television by candlelight.
-- George Gobel

 

Acting3 is the most minor4 of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four.
-- Katharine Hepburn

 

Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms5. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some.
-- Alfred Hitchcock

 

Television: A medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well done.
-- Ernie Kovacs

 

Fine art and pizza delivery: what we do falls neatly6 in between.
-- David Letterman

 

In a novel, the hero can lay ten girls and marry a virgin7 for the finish. In a movie, that is not allowed. The villain8 can lay anybody he wants, have as much fun and as he wants cheating, stealing, getting rich, and whipping servants. But you have to shoot him in the end.
-- Herman Mankiewicz

 

I find television very educating. Every time sombody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.
-- Groucho Marx

 

We in the industry know that behind every successful screenwriter stands a woman. And behind her stands his wife.
-- Groucho Marx

 

Life is like a movie--since there aren't any commercial breaks, you have to get up and go to the bathroom in the middle of it.
-- Nick Mirov

 

...And since the stench of death will always attract flies and vermin, the arrival of Geraldo was perhaps inevitable9.
-- Garry Trudeau

 

I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.
-- Gore Vidal

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1 sincerity zyZwY     
n.真诚，诚意；真实
参考例句：
  • His sincerity added much more authority to the story.他的真诚更增加了故事的说服力。
  • He tried hard to satisfy me of his sincerity.他竭力让我了解他的诚意。
2 remarkable 8Vbx6     
adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的
参考例句：
  • She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
  • These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。
3 acting czRzoc     
n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的
参考例句：
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。
4 minor e7fzR     
adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修
参考例句：
  • The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
  • I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。
5 antagonisms 6dfb1d9af48ee2db78f993b6cb89e237     
对抗，敌对( antagonism的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The fundamental antagonisms in such an arrangement were obvious. 在这样一种安排中，基本矛盾很明显。
  • The antagonisms between the two empires and systems were mortal. 这两个帝国和两种制度之间，有着不共戴天的仇恨。
6 neatly ynZzBp     
adv.整洁地，干净地，灵巧地，熟练地
参考例句：
  • Sailors know how to wind up a long rope neatly.水手们知道怎样把一条大绳利落地缠好。
  • The child's dress is neatly gathered at the neck.那孩子的衣服在领口处打着整齐的皱褶。
7 virgin phPwj     
n.处女，未婚女子；adj.未经使用的；未经开发的
参考例句：
  • Have you ever been to a virgin forest?你去过原始森林吗？
  • There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions.在边远地区有大片大片未开垦的土地。
8 villain ZL1zA     
n.反派演员，反面人物；恶棍；问题的起因
参考例句：
  • He was cast as the villain in the play.他在戏里扮演反面角色。
  • The man who played the villain acted very well.扮演恶棍的那个男演员演得很好。
9 inevitable 5xcyq     
adj.不可避免的，必然发生的
参考例句：
  • Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
  • The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。

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