Entertained Quotes
198 quotes by 174 authors
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In the Western tradition, the first writers were teachers and historians, vastly traveled, who spiced their reports with fantasies. They were also poets who sang…
— F. Sionil Jose
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The main objective of our cinema is to entertain. If you can pass on a message at the same time, that is fantastic, but if…
— Abhishek Bachchan
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You come to my comedy show to be entertained.
— Bill Cosby
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Our ascendancy of the past two centuries - first Europe and then the U.S. - has bred a western-centric mentality: the West is the fount…
— Martin Jacques
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I work in the entertainment industry, and I like to be entertained.
— Rosamund Pike
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When I am shooting, I am inside the theatre, when I am in the editing room, I am inside the theatre. I always try to…
— Rohit Shetty
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All I wanted to do was read, to be told stories. Stories were full of excitement and emotions and characters that entertained and often inspired.
— Cynthia Voigt
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Sure, one can always get the students to relax and be happy - entertained, but although being laid back and relax can also lead to…
— Donald A. Norman
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Television, they say, will permit a person to be entertained at home, without the effort of going to a picture house, without the trouble of…
— Ivor Novello
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It is quite extraordinary how very various are the opinions entertained on this point, and, before sifting them, one must be careful in the first…
— James Payn
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While we have entertained the contention that a deed may make more propaganda than hundreds of speeches, thousands of articles, and tens of thousands of…
— Johann Most
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Obviously people read the books in order to be entertained.
— Patricia Cornwell
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A story invites both writer and reader into a kind of superficial ease: we want to slide along, pleasingly entertained, lost in the fictional dream.
— Steven Erikson
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Television enables you to be entertained in your home by people you wouldn't have in your home.
— David Frost
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The idea that any one of our religions represents the infallible word of the One True God requires an encyclopedic ignorance of history, mythology, and…
— Sam Harris
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If I had to put a name to it, I would wish that all my books were entertainments. I think the first thing you've got…
— John Le Carre
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I understand people who boo us. It's like going to Broadway show, you pay for your tickets and expect to be entertained. When you're not,…
— Sparky Anderson
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If your life is blameless and you have never engaged in a malicious act or even entertained wicked thoughts or have never made a mistake,…
— Melchor Lim
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What can I expect from myself? My sensation in all their horrible acuity, and a profound awareness of feeling. A sharp mind that only destroys…
— Hemantsmarty
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Writing is like acting on stage because when you write you have to make sure that your readers or audiences will really be entertained and…
— Christine Mae Sajo Gallego
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