HBO's a lot smarter than NBC. They can afford to be. They don't care if you're watching every show on HBO. If you're a subscriber and you're only getting it for two shows out of 10, they've still got your $17.95. And therein lies all the difference.
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Related Dont try to go too fast. Learn your job. Dont ever talk until you know what youre talking about. If ... SAM RAYBURN If youre in an awkward position, feel comfortable enough to walk away. BEAU MIRCHOFF if youre never scared, or embarased, or hurt, it means you never take any chances. JULIA SOREL Thats the thing about the Internet. You can put a lot of distance between yourself and the person yo... ELLEN WRIGHT who wants flowers when youre dead? nobody. J.D. SALINGER Youre gonna grow up and marry some ice cream! Haha! JEFF KINNEY When you grow up, you gain experience and realise what youre capable of. FRANCESCO TOTTI If the placebo effect was a week or two, I would understand that and say, 'Yes, youre right.' You kn... BOB GREEN Ye been oure lord, dooth with youre owene thyngRight as yow list. CHAUCER You do that Helen", Mallory dared. "And tell him we said to f*ck off while youre at it". CHLOE NEILL I'm an HBO subscriber, and I watch a bunch of great shows on HBO. REED HASTINGS If we all took a minute to reflect upon the wrong we do we would be quite surprised or shocked.Inste... GARY F EVANS... We have to keep a good frame of mind and not overlook La Villa. Anytime you do that, youre going to ... HECTOR GARCIA Chese now," quod she, "oon of thise thynges tweye: To han me foul and old til that I deye, GEOFFREY CHAUCER If you are a dreamer come in If you are a dreamer a wisher a liar A hoper a pray-er a magi... SHEL SILVERSTEIN All evidence shows that we are actually getting smarter. Roughly we are getting 10 IQ points smarter... BJARKE INGELS Only the fat-cat corporations can really afford to put on two mega-ready-to-wear shows a year, or fo... SUZY MENKES Listen, Christ,You did alright in your day, I reckonBut that days gone now. They ghosted you up a sw... LANGSTON HUGHES The things that got me through grade school are helping me out later in life. It's like, I show up o... CHRIS ISAAK realists are only realists if they dont dream ,dreamers can be more than dreamers if they achieve th... JOHN THE DREAMER aliens are living on earth for along time,for those who think im talking about another race youre wr... RAJA It was good that I got a chance to go out there and be a part of it, ... If they do say I'm going to... CODY PICKETT It would be more of an uphill fight to justify downloading 'The Sopranos' if you're not an HBO subsc... FRED VON LOHMANN Certainly, if it had been anything other than an HBO show I'd probably still be in Mexico now wi... ADRIAN GRENIER If you don't show care and love for your children and leave the mothers to take care of all thei... YAHYA JAMMEH MRS PEARCE. Mr Higgins: youre tempting the girl. It’s not right. She should think of the future. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Telemundo is actually a distant number two to Univision and really therein lies the opportunity. Tel... MICHAEL REGAN I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Have you ever had one of those moments when time just freezes? You know, when the world suddenl... KAREN MARIE MONING They've got a lot of speed on defense and it showed. We knew that going in but seeing it out on the ... DENTON FOX Two people can share a life of dreams, if they know their hearts desire, if they love,care,and alway... FRANCO C. ZARLI JR. I think it's a show only HBO could do, and those are usually the shows that ultimately work for the ... JOSEPH ADALIAN Every boat show is not like that. There's the other boat shows that come to town and they bring in a... LEN JORDAN People live for eating,but
I eat for survive OM BENIWAL Something did happen, and I really don't feel proud of it. DEYTH BANGER Co-signing a car loan may be okay if you think your child is trustworthy and that's the only way the... SOPHIE BECKMANN Each company has different procedures, but generally if you file a lot of small claims that can be p... JEANNE SALVATORE Dont GiVe UP iF U StIll WaNna TrY* DonT WIpE YOUR TeARS IF YOU StiLL WANT TO Cry DON'T SET... TRENT REZNOR They were getting played quite a bit. I enjoyed watching people and was happy to pay out if they won... CHARLIE GOOD There's a lot of information people are not aware of, and if we don't get out and speak about it, th... ANNE DIFRANCESCO Above all, avoid lying, especially lying to yourself. Keep watching out for your lies, watch for the... FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY There's a lot of haters out there. Instead of focusing on improving themselves they prefer to spend ... LISA NEWTON YouTube has made a lot of changes to support time on site - a statistic they care about. But subscri... JASON CALACANIS They will be people who can afford to eat out a lot. ANGELA RAE For kids and teens, especially, chocolate milk would be an ideal recovery beverage because research ... CHRISTINE CAMARILLO [Ken Griffey Jr. 's recent Top 10 segment on David Letterman 's show was edited.] We threw out a few... ROB BLAKE Education is more intense than what it use to be. Kids are a lot smarter than they used to be, too, ... KAREN PHILLIPS [That could be the situation throughout the game, but Razorbacks defensive backs coach Bobby Allen s... BOBBY ALLEN They really put on a show [and] make sure the crowd is thoroughly impressed. Their shows are a lot o... ZACKY VENGEANCE Dad, youre so far off the mark I can't even...Lincoln hasn't pressured me at all!" I grabbed my bag ... JESSICA SHIRVINGTON We ask them to make sure they're ready and they can afford failure. And the other thing is, can they... MARILYN MONTROSS Moderate successes are good, because if they do better than the shows they replaced, it's still a su... SHARI ANNE BRILL It's uplifting, ... Certainly if they can do it, I can do it. We've still got a lot of game. You nev... MARK CALCAVECCHIA The little word is has its tragedies: it marries and identifies different things with the greatest i... GEORGE SANTAYANA David and I are good friends, so it should be nice out there tomorrow. This is a strong field, so it... DAVID HOWELL You want proof evolution is for real, don’t waste your time with fossils; just check out the New Y... ANDREW VACHSS There are only two guidelines in good sex, Don't do anything you don't really enjoy and find out wha... ALEX COMFORT Get in there and cut loose and have a good time, ... It's a punk rock show, it's fun, it's got a sen... MIKE DIRNT What it is basically, if you go to a gun show, and there's somebody out there in the parking lot... PHIL GINGREY The words I'm singing now
Mean nothing more than meow to an animal THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS This is a great form of entertainment, but it can be harmful when people are unable to sort out what... GLENN SPARKS people dont know you till they meet you. dont smile if you dont want to, dont be a false person, don... CAROLINA JANETTE GOMEZ GONZALEZ There are a lot of wives who previously would have stuck things out. Now, if their husband is worth ... BARBARA SIMPSON If you watch a six-minute film, and you're really watching it, it can be a profound experience. But ... MATTI LESHEM I'm glad I got consistent at-bats, and got a lot of pitches to hit. I've done all right for myself. ... JOSE BAUTISTA They used to take your horse and if they were caught they got hung for it. Now if they take your car... WILL ROGERS The primary difference is in the shows. If a person wants Howard Stern or National Public Radio or a... PAUL BUCHANAN Even if you restart on Sunday, it's going to be two, three or four days before they are fully operat... THOMAS BENTZ Only if we understand can we care. Only if we care will we help. Only if we help shall they be saved... JANE GOODALL I love the NBC comedies. I DVR 'Parks and Recreation,' 'Community,' 'The Office,... STEPHEN COLLETTI Getting rest and just drinking a lot of water and taking care of yourself and getting out and exerci... AMBER VALLETTA The only way he doesn't show up here is if he's in jail there. There is a huge difference between su... DAVID HAYAKAWA I guess if you're a normal person and all of a sudden you're getting $10 million a year, it ... ANDREW BOGUT If it wasn't Evans, it was going to be Campbell. They've got (fullback Robert) Murphy, Campbell, and... CASEY KOLKMAN Why are you not smarter? It's only the rich who can't afford to be smart. They're compromised. They ... MICHAEL ONDAATJE Every year there's five cop shows, five medical shows and five 'Law & Orders,' but w... BONNIE SOMERVILLE VOD is perfect for established hits, and for reruns of shows that didn't have enough viewers to keep... ROBERT THOMPSON We were 10-10 in the regular season and just turned it on as a team in that tournament. They got a t... FRED SOSNOSKI I wasn't planning on watching it at all. I was getting out of my car when someone called me and aske... ANTOINE HOOD History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN For me, getting off the sidelines means women making a difference by letting their voices be heard o... KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND Never give up on you. In order to make a difference you would have to somehow be different. JOHNNIE DENT JR. When they started to go on their runs, we started looking for someone else to make a play. We starte... LANCE LUITJENS People buy box sets, and they sit for a whole weekend with a computer on their lap in bed, and they ... ROBIN WRIGHT (Lamb) did a great job putting them on her back. They had a lot of second-chance and third-chance op... KEVIN FURTADO He called them up and told them that we'd be available for any day they wanted. We got fortunate and... BEN MCCLELLAND They're a great spurt team. Especially when they play here, they can get on a 10-point run. And ofte... BRAD BROWNELL [NBC had better hope so. After TNT's largely NBC-produced coverage of the first two rounds, NBC will... JOHNNY MILLER I dont care how much a man talks, if he only says it in a few words. JOSH BILLINGS They all had to step up and they did. It shows a lot of character and a lot of heart. DEVIN SCRUGGS If firms need pricing power, they should be clamoring for the highest possible rates of inflation. F... JOSHUA FEINMAN What's great about HBO is they just care about quality. They care about the brand. They're n... EDDIE KAYE THOMAS Stoans want to be lissent to. Them big brown stoans in the formers feal they want to stan up and tal... RUSSELL HOBAN There's no such thing as a superhuman. But the only thing I got to tell you, if you take a dog and k... MORDECAI RICHLER I've had shows as a painter, as a photographer, I've done shows as a sculptor. I've done... NORMAN REEDUS In your absolute defiance against tyranny, lies and all odds; lies therein, your true moral strength... MAMUR MUSTAPHA They didn't give us a lot of great opportunities. We got a lot of shots early from the perimeter. Ge... PAUL FLANAGAN If you finish 43rd and the other guys finish in the 20s, there's still a lot of cars separating you.... RAY EVERNHAM That's the only time on offense when you can really feel like you're a team player. You're making an... BRANDON INGE They are confident to play on it and if they carry on practising on it like they have for the last t... DENNIS LEWIS
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