Premise Quotes
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Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.
Kofi Annan
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An important and fundamental premise of the American judicial system is the presumption of innocence - that is, until proven guilty.
DMX
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On first reading the script for `Lost`: "When I first got the premise, it was limited at best and dreadful at worst. People crashing on an island - how many possible permutations can you get out of that?" (Esquire, July 2007)
Naveen Andrews
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How they got Gary Cooper to do that one! To me, at least, it simply degrades the Medal of Honor. The whole story makes a mockery of America`s highest award for valor. The whole premise of the story was wrong, illogical, because they don`t pick the type of...
John Wayne
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What they told us about `The Next Generation` when we first started was that we were guaranteed 26 episodes, so that was the longest job I`ve ever had. And that was basically it - we didn`t know what the premise of the show was going to be and we waited, ...
Marina Sirtis
Keywords: 26 :: about :: and :: basically :: be :: by :: didn :: episodes :: ever :: first :: generation :: going :: guaranteed :: had :: it :: job :: know :: longest :: next :: of :: premise :: show :: so :: started :: that :: the :: they :: to :: told :: us :: ve :: waited :: was :: we :: week :: were :: what :: whenSource: imdb.com
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I don`t work with high-concept things that start with a premise, "Wouldn`t it be funny if there was this spy who met a ..." For me, it could be, "What about people who sell shoes? That must be a bizarre world ... when they meet at conventions and talk abo...
Christopher Guest
Keywords: about :: and :: at :: be :: bizarre :: concept :: conventions :: could :: don :: for :: funny :: high :: if :: it :: me :: meet :: met :: must :: people :: premise :: sell :: shoes :: spy :: start :: talk :: that :: there :: they :: things :: this :: was :: what :: when :: who :: with :: work :: world :: wouldnSource: imdb.com
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Yes, there are bodily function issues that are a central premise of this movie and I think they`re handled with amazing delicacy of humor.
Ivan Reitman
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Well, your premise is correct, that we have to first guard against those who have an affiliation with terrorists and a connection, and so we have watch lists and systems that can make that connection.
Al Gillen
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We estimate the entire cost for terrorism and dealing with homeland security to be $3 (billion) to $4 billion, ... We are working on the premise that the leaders of the nation want all the mail system to be protected against this type of terrorist threat ...
Arthur `Bugs` Baer
Keywords: against :: all :: and :: are :: be :: billion :: cost :: dealing :: entire :: estimate :: for :: fu :: homeland :: in :: leaders :: mail :: nation :: of :: on :: premise :: protected :: security :: system :: terrorism :: terrorist :: that :: the :: this :: threat :: to :: type :: want :: we :: with :: workingSource: thinkexist.com
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Ultimately, the bill may rest on a shaky premise, as Clean Air Act permitting provisions seem to have only a marginal effect on decisions by oil companies to invest in new refining capacity, ... Industry and government analysts alike agree that profit mar...
Eric Schaeffer
Keywords: act :: agree :: air :: alike :: analysts :: and :: ar :: as :: bill :: by :: capacity :: clean :: companies :: decisions :: effect :: government :: have :: in :: industry :: invest :: marginal :: margins :: may :: new :: oil :: on :: only :: permitting :: premise :: profit :: provisions :: refining :: rest :: seem :: shaky :: that :: the :: to :: ultimatelySource: thinkexist.com
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Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundre...
Barack Obama
Keywords: affirm :: based :: because :: declaration :: economy :: gather :: greatness :: height :: hundred :: in :: is :: made :: military :: nation :: not :: of :: on :: or :: our :: over :: power :: premise :: pride :: simple :: size :: skyscrapers :: summed :: the :: to :: tonight :: two :: up :: very :: we :: yearsSource: brainyquote.com
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The premise is simple: One economy and one environment, and they`re interdependent.
Dennis Weaver
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The media`s job is to question a premise.
Alice Plant
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The flaw in the statute is that in all its applications, it operates on a fundamentally mistaken premise that high solicitation costs are an accurate measure of fraud.
Harry A. Blackmun
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The central premise behind Oslo was that if Arafat were given enough legitimacy, territory, weapons and money, he would use his power to fight terror and make peace with Israel.
American Council
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The basic premise of the Constitution was a separation of powers and a system of checks and balances because man was perceived as a fallen creature and would always yearn for more power.
Roy Moore
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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.
Albert Alschuler
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Stories had always been told about male genies coming out of bottles, but they were usually fat, old men. Never had the genie been a gorgeous woman, so that idea really appealed to me, and I created the series based on that premise.
Sidney Sheldon
Keywords: about :: always :: and :: appealed :: based :: been :: bottles :: but :: coming :: created :: fat :: genie :: genies :: gorgeous :: had :: idea :: male :: me :: men :: never :: of :: old :: on :: out :: premise :: really :: series :: so :: stories :: that :: the :: they :: to :: told :: usually :: were :: womanSource: brainyquote.com
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Our basic premise is to determine whether a violation of the Fair Housing Act has occurred. We`ll be looking at whether their housing of older-people status is valid under the federal law.
Leon Russell
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Let`s put it this way: The billboard exceeds the allowable height and area for an on-premise sign, and there are probably other issues that will keep it from being approved. We`ll see what the NCC and Cooper work out, but it`ll probably be disapproved if ...
Anthony Sanfilippo
Keywords: allowable :: an :: and :: approved :: are :: area :: be :: being :: billboard :: but :: cooper :: disapproved :: exceeds :: for :: from :: height :: if :: issues :: it :: keep :: let :: ll :: ncc :: on :: other :: out :: premise :: probably :: put :: see :: sign :: that :: the :: there :: they :: this :: way :: we :: what :: will :: workSource: thinkexist.com
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Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.
Kofi Annan
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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
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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
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I`m not going to let people get away with either a dishonest or inaccurate premise to what we`re talking about because I think that does the viewer a disturbance.
Dan Abrams
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I think Junior is certainly a science fiction premise as is Twins, as is Dave, beyond Ghostbusters.
Ivan Reitman
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I liked the premise of this material. I love the marriage relationship. They kind of keep each other honest, and they enjoy each other`s sense of humor. Kind of a sexy but boring relationship.
Patricia Arquette
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I don`t agree with the premise that there are unmet medical needs.
Jack Cassidy
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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
Keywords: 24 :: always :: around :: as :: available :: be :: cameras :: characters :: crew :: directed :: documentary :: felt :: follow :: hand :: held :: if :: isn :: it :: light :: of :: pilot :: premise :: reality :: screens :: should :: sound :: split :: suit :: that :: the :: to :: using :: we :: were :: whatSource: brainyquote.com
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Home Alone goes Hollywood, a funny premise until the kids start pulling off stunts not even Steven Spielberg would know how to do.
Joel Siegel
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God is therefore unknowable. This is the fundamental premise of the Bible.
Allison Norwood
Keywords: bible :: fundamental :: god :: is :: of :: premise :: the :: therefore :: this :: unknowableSource: brainyquote.com
