#premise

I directed 24's pilot. I felt we should follow the characters around as if we were a documentary crew, using available light, hand-held cameras, split screens, sound that isn't always what it should be, to suit the reality of the premise. ↗

— Stephen Hopkins

#around #available #cameras #characters #crew

An important and fundamental premise of the American judicial system is the presumption of innocence, that is until proven guilty. ↗

— DMX

#fundamental #guilty #important #innocence #judicial

That's the premise of the Saudi Arabians. He's holding the president's hand with one. In the other hand, he's got his hand in the pocket of American consumers. ↗

— Ed Markey

#american consumers #arabians #consumers #got #hand

I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. ↗

— Ralph Nader

#function #i #leaders #leadership #more

If your basic premise about the fundamental purpose of our government is that it must provide for the common defense, then no other position is possible. ↗

— Don Nickles

#basic #common #defense #fundamental #fundamental purpose

The fundamental premise is that neither the United States or the international community is going to allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#community #develop #fundamental #going #international

The liberals think government exists to fix what's wrong with America. They find fault with our Constitution, our economic model and our core values. We disagree with the premise of their argument. We believe there's nothing wrong with America that an extra dose of freedom won't cure. ↗

— Rick Perry

#argument #believe #constitution #core #core values

If you do a scene and you really like a character in it or a premise in it to write it down and to work on it so that you can have five or six characters that you can pull out in an audition. ↗

— Amy Poehler

#character #characters #down #five #like

Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#contradiction #contradictions #exist #facing #find

Essential to the theory of evolution is the premise that everything has come into being by itself. ↗

— Walter Lang

#come #essential #everything #evolution #into