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It's a really edgy, risky television show that to me brings back memories of 'Twin Peaks.' It's complicated, confusing and beautifully shot.


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BARBARA KINGSOLVER 'Twin Peaks' is my favorite show of all time.
JAMES RODAY 'Twin Peaks' is my favorite American TV show.
REBECCA HALL Twin Peaks was special because it was so groundbreaking. In the early '90s it really changed tel...
SHERILYN FENN I think the amazing thing about 'Twin Peaks' was that it completely changed television from ...
MADCHEN AMICK 'Twin Peaks' looms large to me as cautionary tale,
CARLTON CUSE I loved the movie 'Heathers' and the TV show 'Twin Peaks.'
SARA SHEPARD In a sense, 'Twin Peaks' never really went away. They've got a 'Twin Peaks' conv...
MICHAEL J. ANDERSON I grew up in Colorado - went back there, tried to heal myself and grow and learn, then got a call th...
SHERYL LEE For me, it really first has to be a good story and be funny. If you're doing sincere comedy, the edg...
AARON MCGRUDER Tom Hooper had done 'John Adams,' and David Lynch did 'Twin Peaks.' I figured I coul...
CARY FUKUNAGA I was a massive fan of 'Twin Peaks.' Massive. I don't know how any of us grew up in this...
MICHELLE FORBES The statue that advertises its modesty with a fig leaf really brings its modesty under suspicion
MARK TWAIN 'Twin Peaks' is a continuing story; that comes from David Lynch and myself.
MARK FROST I'm a massive fan of David Lynch and 'Twin Peaks.'
AMANDA PALMER It's definitely mine. It brings back some memories. It brings back that day (and) how it all happene...
MIKE SCROVE It used to be a series of shows like 'St. Elsewhere,' 'L.A. Law' and 'Twin Peaks'
BRADLEY FREEMAN It's a really ambitious show and that to me is really exciting, ... It's something that really feels...
CARLA GUGINO I was watching Monster's Ball, which is a fabulous movie. It's just a little gem: beautifull...
ADRIAN LYNE It's really wild. People will be shooting off balloons, someone will try to knock a cigarette out of...
LORI KNICKERBOCKER I'm feeling pride and honor in this parade. It brings back so many memories, lot of memories.
GERALDINE WEST It's a great show, beautifully done and the surroundings really lend themselves to an art show.
SARAH ANDERSON I toyed briefly with an image someone once mentioned to me, of a village in the shadow of a twin-pea...
NEIL GAIMAN Its a shame that the heart does not have a delete button. Pictures, letters, gifts and all visiable ...
STARGAZER Show me an orchestra that likes its conductor and I'll show you a lousy conductor.
GODDARD LIEBERSON And now comes Pete Martell in Twin Peaks and he's just a nice guy.
JACK NANCE I have traveled down this path before - 'List of Seven' and 'Twin Peaks' both have t...
MARK FROST Every season has its peaks and valleys. What you have to try to do is eliminate the Grand Canyon.
ANDY VAN SLYKE I think that what 'Oz' did is it spawned a great generation of television production. But pe...
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE He brings the most beautiful part of me: laughter. At its loudest.
HENANNIE ZARAGOZA Whenever I think of the past, it brings back so many memories...
ANONYMOUS Whenever I think of the past, it brings back so many memories.
STEVEN WRIGHT It's unbelievable. It brings back memories of the old days. It's amazing.
EULEMA MILLER It brings back positive memories of sitting with parents and siblings. It's a warm and positive asso...
CAROL CLARKE It's risky most of the time, but its better to listen to your heart.
JONATHAN ANTHONY BURKETT The fact 'Twin Peaks' had a life at all took most of us in the cast by surprise. We thought ...
KYLE MACLACHLAN Life is like a beautifully designed banner,but at its back is tragic death,he who buys life has got ...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) I suppose I should get a VCR, but the only thing I like about television is its ephemerality.
P. J. O'ROURKE I'm sure 'Boxing Helena' will eclipse 'Twin Peaks' and Audrey Home for me. If pe...
SHERILYN FENN There's a part of 'Twin Peaks' that is sort of a hinged doorway to another, stranger pla...
MARK FROST show me how to punch and i'll show you how its like to be punched
MAYDEE YOUNGSTAR As for 'Twin Peaks,' I'm happy to have been a part of something that was a success. The ...
SHERILYN FENN Television makes so much at its worst that it can't afford to do its best.
FRED FRIENDLY Every trail has its end, and every calamity brings its lesson!
JAMES FENIMORE COOPER There's a certain mythology that prevails in Hollywood that kids are only interested in risky or edg...
MELISSA CALDWELL Life is easy, its people that make it complicated
LEON VAN DE PAS As a one-shot deal; this frees RIM to go back to its business without any further complications.
AVI GREENGART I was not the midwife of the Law School, but its fraternal twin.
NORMAN LAMM I hesitated. Truth shot a sly glance at expediency, expediency waggled its eyebrows significantly, t...
KATE GRIFFIN If we can map the retina, that will help us understand how it functions in vision, as well as devise...
SEBASTIAN SEUNG Television makes so much at its worst that it can't afford to do its best.
FRED W. FRIENDLY 'Twin Peaks' is one of those Rorschach ink blot things, where everybody finds their own favo...
MICHAEL J. ANDERSON Every season has its peaks and valleys. What you have to try to do is eliminate the Grand Canyon.
ANDY SLYKE I feel the same magic about 'Angel Falls' that I did with 'Twin Peaks' and 'Mod ...
PEGGY LIPTON I like how you don't hide your problems like everyone else, and I don't have to hide mine when I'm a...
NED VIZZINI The whole mythological side of 'Twin Peaks' was really down to me, and I've always known...
MARK FROST The beautifully composed imagery of '12 Years a Slave' underscores the savagery of its subje...
STEVE ERICKSON We are very excited about what Joseph brings to the table. Joseph has a single-minded, bulldog deter...
DOUG GREEN I used to drive the Twin Span Bridge three or four times a day. Now its destroyed.
AMANDA WILLIAMSON I used to drive the Twin Span Bridge three or four times a day, ... Now its destroyed.
IAN WILLIAMSON Day Off is an extreme thing, but loneliness is its identical twin.
TOBY MALAQUE I think American television changed world television in its reinvention of the series.
JULIAN FELLOWES Achievement brings its own anticlimax.
MAYA ANGELOU I think what we're seeing is a gradual decline in the jobless claim trend from its peaks in the imme...
JOSHUA FEINMAN I think what we're seeing is a gradual decline in the jobless claim trend from its peaks in the imme...
JOSHUA FEINMAN China will see its total population, working-age population and aging population all reach their pea...
ZHANG WEIQING Microsoft is really going back to its roots here.
CHARLES DI BONA Everything around me is evaporating. My whole life, my memories, my imagination and its contents, my...
FERNANDO PESSOA It's important to be mindful of mosquitoes, particularly in late August and September, when West Nil...
MICHAEL FINKELSTEIN Fighting Eel has quite a following from Hawaii and abroad, because of its appeal for being youthful,...
JASON CHANG Don't make life more confusing, crazy, or complicated than it needs to be.
SHELLY KAY WALDE The courage to live brings its own rewards.
RACHEL L. SCHADE Women are not complicated or confusing. It’s just that most men don’t understand that women just...
NICK KINSELLA Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.
DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER ...the world was trying to change its old face and show its underbelly of earth and roots.
ITALO CALVINO Each scenario brings its own headaches.
AMY BAKER The evening of a well-spent life brings its lamps with it.
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DANIEL LEVINTHAL I've done soap operas in New York, playing a continuing character who goes through changes and d...
EVERETT MCGILL Television brings with it a credibility, and credibility brings with it respect.
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JANE LEVY Television is democracy at its ugliest.
PADDY CHAYEFSKY Television is democracy at its ugliest.
PADDY CHAYEVSKY ITS TOO HARD N DIFFICULT TO CONTROL SOMETHING N ITS BECOMES MORE COMPLICATED WHEN U HAVE TO CONTROL ...
AJIT KUMAR [PATHAK I'm not a teen anymore, but growing up, some of my favorite things were, like, 'Twin Peaks,&...
TROIAN BELLISARIO Satellite communications connect television screens in Japan with television cameras in England, and...
ROBERT KENNEDY I would love to be on 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' I'd love to be on that. A lot of my favori...
MATTHEW GRAY GUBLER Even in the pros, I loved to watch March Madness. It brings back so many good memories and it?s a lo...
RICK PITINO If you can develop this ability to see what you look at, to understand its meaning, to readjust your...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT There's a real sense of urgency. That thing is starting to show its age.
JEFF MONTGOMERY The media like to boil down a complicated thing to a sound bite. It's been frustrating for us and co...
MARCIA STEFANICK Its risky to go through life's journey alone, but riskier to go with a partner who does not believe ...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) I'm not surprised 'The Avengers' has such enduring popularity, because it was a groundbr...
PATRICK MACNEE He says he doesn't even like putting on his uniform because it brings back memories of killing and h...
ISAIAH BEAL I was doing 'Twin Peaks,' and Columbia called and said they wanted me to do 'Gladiator.&...
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GEORGE HERBERT Every sin brings its punishment with it.
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JOSEPH CONRAD To the believer Marxism presents, first, a system of ultimate ends that embody the meaning of life a...
JOSEPH SCHUMPETER Communication is a two-way street. And while we revel in the reality that we can always get through ...
JOSEPH STOWELL For the duration of its collective life, or the time during which its identity may be assumed, each ...
JOSEPH SCHUMPETER Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say nothing bad of yourself, you will be taken...
JOSEPH ROUX He is great enough that is his own master.
JOSEPH HALL Reason guides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false, and passion, good ...
JOSEPH ROUX Only Christ could have conceived Christ.
JOSEPH PARKER All men and women are born, live suffer and die; what distinguishes us one from another is our dream...
JOSEPH EPSTEIN Children need models rather than critics.
JOSEPH JOUBERT Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.
JOSEPH JOUBERT When a man thinks he is reading the character of another, he is often unconsciously betraying his ow...
JOSEPH FARRELL You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.
JOSEPH JOUBERT