#era

The United States has made a massive effort since the end of the Second World War to secure the dominance of its films in foreign markets - an achievement generally pushed home politically, by writing clauses into various treaties and aid packages. ↗

— Fredric Jameson

#aid #clauses #dominance #effort #end

I found that a bit unfair. However, I did feel quite liberated when I left. I'm very grateful to the show - it revived a flagging career, but I'm glad to be away from it now. ↗

— Louise Jameson

#bit #career #did #feel #flagging

We were ordered out to quell an uprising of the Indians, and were out for several days, had numerous skirmishes during which six of the soldiers were killed and several severely wounded. ↗

— Calamity Jane

#during #had #indians #killed #numerous

During my first visit, I was really struck by how deeply religious many Oklahomans are. It is a very conservative state and as somebody who grew up in a very liberal country, it was jarring to me at first. ↗

— Famke Janssen

#country #deeply #during #first #grew

I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera 'Melrose Place.' ↗

— Famke Janssen

#enrolled #first #i #opera #place

I think it comes from really liking literary forms. Poetry is very beautiful, but the space on the page can be as affecting as where the text is. Like when Miles Davis doesn't play, it has a poignancy to it. ↗

— Jim Jarmusch

#beautiful #comes #davis #forms #i

I've always loved films, always. I studied literature and I went to Columbia in New York and I went to Paris for part of one year and ended up staying there. ↗

— Jim Jarmusch

#columbia #ended #films #i #literature

As we try to compete in this global marketplace, we need to rebuild our infrastructure. We need to rebuild our schools. We need to make sure that teachers and first responders and veterans who are coming home from serving our country so proudly have jobs waiting for them. ↗

— Valerie Jarrett

#coming home #compete #country #first #global

I would rather have a competent extremist than an incompetent moderate. ↗

— Leon Jaworski

#extremist #i #incompetent #moderate #rather

And I know how many DJ pools have grown and I know how DJing has grown in the overall, but that was the technical side of it to me. DJs were rolling around, looking for stuff to buy and looking to see what was in the store when they get there. ↗

— Jam Master Jay

#buy #dj #djs #get #grown