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Everybody knows things are not the same. The people running the TV end of a major vertically integrated company know how much money a successful show can make. ↗

— Dick Wolf

#end #everybody #how #integrated #know

Who elected Larry King America's grief counselor? We, the viewing public, did, by driving up his ratings whenever somebody famous passes. ↗

— James Wolcott

#counselor #did #driving #elected #famous

When it went on the air, the sales department hated it. It was the highest advertising pullout show in the history of NBC. At the early focus groups, people were saying, 'Who are these people? Why should we watch them? ↗

— Dick Wolf

#air #department #early #focus #focus groups

Scripture makes it clear to me that there is an obligation to speak out on behalf of those being persecuted. ↗

— Frank R. Wolf

#being #clear #makes #me #obligation

I was unpopular at school just because I was an intellectual. I always answered all the questions off the top of my head but they nevertheless resented because of that. ↗

— George Woodcock

#answered #because #head #i #i always

We should have gone over years before that. I always wanted to and I think most of the band did. ↗

— Roy Wood

#band #before #did #gone #i

Well, obviously I wanted it to sound as original as possible. I suppose the influences that we had were probably from the actual power point of view we wanted to be like the Who. Vocally we wanted to be like the Beach Boys, whatever was good at the time. ↗

— Roy Wood

#beach #beach boys #good #had #i

When we were first started we were doing a lot of Motown stuff, but actually playing it more in a rock way. Everybody in the band sang and we did a lot of harmonies. ↗

— Roy Wood

#band #did #doing #everybody #first

And I communed with many different faiths and even when I wanted to be rebellious I never did not believe in Him. I never believed the people who said God was destructive or punishing. ↗

— Alfre Woodard

#believed #destructive #did #different #different faiths

I have always done what I wanted to do. ↗

— Alfre Woodard

#done #i #wanted