NOTABLE QUOTES: April 1, 1996
HOLLYWOOD (Reuter) - They said it:
"I would say that I am a pilgrim, like anyone else is a pilgrim. We are all making our way through this life trying to make sense of it the best we can."
-- Celtic singer LOREENA MCKENNITT.
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"We don't mind being advertised to. In fact, sometimes we seek it out."
-- JAMES TWITCBELL, an English professor at the University of Florida who specializes in advertising.
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"I'm a parent myself, and there are certain pieces in HotWired that I wouldn't want my children to see."
-- ANDREW ANKER, CEO of HotWired Ventures, which publishes "Wired" and maintains a Web site at http://www.hotwired.com.
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"For instance, sexy pictures of Madonna -- we can't use them, we don't want to use them. It doesn't fit with our way of thinking, and I believe doesn't fit with the thinking of many Westerners either."
-- LUO ZHAOTLAN SHANGHAI, director of China's Translation Publishing House, which publishes a local version of "Elle' magazine.
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"Sometimes exposure helps, but it doesn't mean the music is there. Sometimes we can say "I love his music," but how many talented guys are in the dark of the shadow because nobody knows them?"
-- Up-and-coming pop instrumentalist RAUL DI BLASIO, on established pop instrumentalist J0HN TESH.
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"I watch some of my old movies -- if I want to get sick."
-- VICTOR MATURE.
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"Do we gain anything by having all this protectionist rubbish? Let's forget about protectionism -- let's start creating wealth."
-- Reuters chief executive PETER JOB, on applying outmoded mass media rules to control the new, more individualist media.
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"Our concern is for cultural veracity. We believe that actors do exist in this country who are capable of playing Mandela with greater truth."
-- DAN ROBBERTSE, executive director of South Africa's Performing Arts Workers Equity, on casting for the film version of the NELSON MANDELA's autobiography.
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"AOL: I also assume this is some kind of April Fool's prank -- and frankly, at a time of raging paranoia in some parts of this country, screwing around with your news section is: a) not funny and b) irresponsible. If this is a poor attempt at humor, a fast retraction and apology is in order."
"I cannot believe that people would quit AOL because of a little April Fool's joke. I guess it just shows that yes, we do have lots of fools out there. If anyone even thought for a minute this was possibly true than they SHOULD have their AOL account dropped."
-- AOL members, in bulletin board postings, on the online service's exclusive reports that life had been discovered on Jupiter.
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"We would get late night phone messages, taxes and tons of letters. Our president has received many late night phone calls from people calling him 'dickweed.'"
-- TONY FOX, a spokesman for Comedy Central, on some of the "vicious" reaction to the cable network's decision to cancel "Mystery Science Theater 3000."
©1996 by Reuters Limited