Quotes About Manipulation

Madonna is a pro. I don't like her and have no respect for her but- I don't think she should be called a musician or a dancer or whatever you know, but I do have, well I do have respect for her ability to completely manipulate the media and have them work for her.

The ability to convince people of the wackiest notions - and both parties can do it - it's part of the dumbing down of America that's really highly problematic.

Hip-hop has been hijacked by a Luciferian conspiracy. People have used hip-hop in a lot of ways that cause a lot of mind problems. They use the word wrongfully. They use it to mean a part instead of a whole.

This may be done by grafting, by confining the roots, withholding water, bending the branches, or in a hundred other ways which all proceed upon the same principle.

To live means to finesse the processes to which one is subjugated.

Editing is now the easiest thing on earth to do, and all the things that evolved out of word processing - 'Oh, let's put that sentence there, let's get rid of this' - have become commonplace in films and music too.

No support of one star or one director or one producer can make any individual actor a star. You have to connect with the audience; the audience have to like you. That is something that cannot be manipulated or fought for or tried for. Either they like you, or they don't.

When I came down south and was put together with big producers, I always thought that they knew best. I never thought for a minute that they might have another agenda.

Directors, producers can make you look good or make you look bad.

Most states, for all their rhetoric in favour of free trade, are adept at trying to manipulate markets to protect and advantage their own producers.

Ball-tampering has happened before. Bowlers and fielders have found different ways to get the ball roughened up on one side.

Rupert Murdoch has been around since the dinosaurs. He knows how to get around any independent board - as he did with me, and as he's done with other editors as well.

Anyone playing with you is going to change where your direction is.

It's very clear that Mr. DeSantis is taking a page directly from the campaign manual of Donald Trump.

You hear stories about directors using manipulation to get actors to do certain things, but I think when you're working with professional actors, it's all about trust. They can do anything you want, it's just a matter of them understanding what you're looking for, and the reason why.

There is this concept of politics as a dirty game.

Politics is a dirty game.

Lisa Vanderpump is a manipulative person and when I was on the show I did a lot of her dirty work for her.

The best liars lie with their eyes rather than with their words. This might put writers at a disadvantage.

You never discount a demagogue.

Once I've discovered the story, I might restructure it, maybe move things around, set up a clue that something is going to happen later, but that happens much later in an editorial capacity.

Just politics in general is a disgusting thing.

Radio has always been just disgusting.

We do ourselves a disservice when we self-servingly massage the record.