Line #13 Quotes/SlaveToPR


1	[[AC:Anime & Manga]]
2
3	->''"It's no use, Smoker-kun. The Government wants to cover up the events which transpired here. Do you honestly think the Government can announce to the world that the collapse of Arabasta was averted thanks to ''pirates''?"''
4	-->-- '''Marine Captain Hina''', ''Manga/OnePiece''
5
6	->'''Brannew:''' The World Government has requested... that [[GreatEscape the Level 6 case]]... be covered up. They say that any more blunders would affect the people's faith in the Government...\
7	''({{beat}})''\
8	'''Sengoku: ''[[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe THAT'S ABSURD!!!]]'''''
9	-->-- ''Manga/OnePiece''
10
11	[[AC:Film -- Live-Action]]
12
13	->This could look very bad for OCP Jacques. Scramble the best spin team we have.
14	-->-- '''Old Man''' in ''Film/RoboCop2'', after Robocop 2 destroys an ambulance
15
16	->''"We cut 'em in half with a machine gun and give 'em a Band-Aid."''
17	-->-- '''Willard''', ''Film/ApocalypseNow''
18
19	->'''Toots:''' [to Rocco] I say smack her, and let it go at that.\
20	'''Frank:''' That'd be alright for you, not for him. The Roccos don't, or they wouldn't be Roccos. No, smacking her isn't enough; it's too great an insult. He'd have to kill her. Then he'd have to [[LeaveNoWitnesses kill us who witnessed it]]. Not just Mr. Temple and me, but all the witnesses. It's all or nothing. He ''needs'' you, and Curly, and Angel. So it'll be nothing.\
21	'''Rocco:''' [[GuileHero Wise guy.]]
22	-->-- ''Film/KeyLargo''
23
24	->"[[WeCare I make car parts for the American working man, because that's what I am and that's who I care about]]." The truth is I make car parts for the American working man because I'm a hell of a salesman, and he doesn't know any better.
25	-->-- '''Ray Zalinsky''', ''Film/TommyBoy''
26
27	->''"There's no right, there's no wrong, there's only popular opinion."''
28	-->--'''Jeffrey Goines''', ''Film/TwelveMonkeys''
29
30	[[AC:Literature]]
31
32	->Widely recognized as [[TheCaligula a tyrannical megalomaniac who prided himself on cruelty and ruled through fear]], [[{{UsefulNotes/Caligula}} Caligula]] was nearly undone by an underground smear campaign to depict him as a 'pretty nice guy.' Other sculptures and frescoes of the time libelously show him flying a kite and helping an old lady cross the Appian Way. An incensed Caligula immediately went into 'damage control' by publicly sodomizing a puppy.
33	-->-- ''Literature/AmericaTheBook''
34
35	->And it was at this moment, as I stood there with the rifle in my hands, that I first grasped the hollowness, the futility of the white man’s dominion in the East. Here was I, the white man with his gun, standing in front of the unarmed native crowd – seemingly the leading actor of the piece; but in reality I was only an absurd puppet pushed to and fro by the will of those yellow faces behind. I perceived in this moment that when the white man turns tyrant it is his own freedom that he destroys. He becomes a sort of hollow, posing dummy, the conventionalized figure of a sahib. For it is the condition of his rule that he shall spend his life in trying to impress the “natives,” and so in every crisis he has got to do what the “natives” expect of him. He wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it.
36	-->-- ''[[Creator/GeorgeOrwell Shooting an Elephant]]''
37
38	[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
39
40	->Niska has his own code, twisted though it may be. Very excited about reputation.
41	-->-- '''Zoe Washburne''', ''Series/{{Firefly}}''
42
43	->'''Claire Underwood''': There's a lot more to Francis and me than what you wrote.\
44	'''Tom Yates''': Maybe so, but I never got a chance to ask.\
45	'''Claire''': Then ask! Whatever you want.\
46	'''Tom''': Why aren't you with him in Iowa?\
47	'''Claire''': [thinks] I'm headed there tomorrow.\
48	'''Tom''': ''You see?'' I ask a question, and neither of you answer. It's tiresome constantly swinging a sledgehammer at the facade, just to get a glimpse beneath the cracks.
49	-->-- ''Series/HouseOfCardsUS''
50
51	->''"But remember, me not Veggie Monster. Me still Cookie Monster. Just for record. Me got reputation to think of."''
52	-->-- '''Cookie Monster''', ''Series/SesameStreet''
53
54	->'''Marlo Stanfield''': He used ''my'' name? In the street? '''''TALK''''', motherfucker!\
55	'''"Monk" Metcalf''': He just, you know, uh, say that you need to step to, [-and that... I dunno.-] [--He just running his mouth some.--]\
56	'''Marlo:''' He call me a punk?\
57	'''Chris Partlow''': ''(terrified)'' It was bullshit, man. You ain't need that on your mind--\
58	'''Marlo:''' What the fuck you know about what I need on my mind, motherfucker? My name was on the street?! When we bounce from this shit here, y'all going to go down on them corners and let the people know: Word did not get back to me. Let them know Marlo step to ''any'' motherfucker -- Omar, Barksdale, whoever. My '''''NAME''''' is '''''MY NAME!'''''
59	-->-- ''Series/TheWire'', "Late Editions"
60
61	[[AC:Video Games]]
62
63	->'''President Ronald Sung''': Without proof, I'm afraid there's little I can do, Agent Thorton. What evidence do you have?\
64	'''Mike Thorton''': I can prove that a cell of Chinese operatives plan to cause a pro-nationalist riot at your rally.\
65	'''Sung''': Then the attempt on my life is merely your conjecture?\
66	'''Thorton''': No sir, Mister President, both threats are genuine. Please, for your safety, cancel your appearance at the rally.\
67	'''Sung''': Cancelling the rally at this juncture would do considerable harm to my cause. I'm afraid it is out of the question.\
68	'''Thorton''': Then at least take extra precautions. Wear body armor during your speech, post extra security - ''something!''\
69	'''Sung''': Give me your evidence, Agent Thorton. If my security chief concurs that the threat is credible, I will have extra personnel standing by to quell any agitators.\
70	'''Thorton''': But the assassination-\
71	'''Sung''': If I go out onto that stage wearing a bulletproof vest, I announce my weakness to the world! I am sorry, but without hard evidence, I will not send that message to my people!
72	-->--''Videogame/AlphaProtocol''
73
74	[[AC:Web Original]]
75
76	->''"So, my question to you guys is; is what kind of new sandwich can we release... that will make people forget that [[PaedoHunt our spokesperson is a pedophile?]]"''
77	-->-- '''Subway Executive''', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zem5bQ4SzMI Subway Crisis Meeting re. Jared Fogle]]'' by Creator/AuntyDonna
78
79	[[AC:Western Animation]]
80
81	->'''[[VillainWithGoodPublicity Tombstone]]:''' Sorry, Doctor. Too many witnesses. L. Thompson Lincoln can't be seen collaborating with supervillains and gangsters.\
82	'''Doctor Octopus:''' Then L. Thompson Lincoln... ''[[EvilIsHammy IS WEAK!]]''
83	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan''
84
85	->'''Burns:''' I don't know what's happening. It seems our profits have dropped 37%.
86	->'''Smithers:''' I'm afraid we have a bad image, sir. Market research shows people see you as something of an ogre.
87	->'''Burns:''' [[IResembleThatRemark I ought to club them and eat their bones]].
88	->'''Smithers:''' (''chuckles'') Heh-heh. Well, maybe this film festival could help us. A film biography might let them get to know the real you: virtuous, heroic, nubile...
89	->'''Burns:''' You left out "pleasant"! (''Burns whacks Smithers with a newspaper'') But I like that film biography idea: [[RoseTintedNarrative a slick Hollywood picture to gloss over my evil rise to power]] like ''Film/{{Bugsy}}'' or ''Film/WorkingGirl''. Get me Creator/StevenSpielberg!
90	->'''Smithers:''' He's unavailable, sir.
91	->'''Burns:''' Then get me [[PoorMansSubstitute his non-union Mexican equivalent]]!
92	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E18AStarIsBurns A Star Is Burns]]"
93
94	[[AC:RealLife]]
95
96	->''"Dukat is not a nice man. He is not a sensitive man. He likes to ''[[FauxAffablyEvil act]]'' like a sensitive man, but he's a man of appetites to whom public image is very important, much more important than the truth."''
97	-->-- '''Ira Behr''' on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''
98
99	->The followers [of Fascist ideology] must feel humiliated by the ostentatious wealth and force of their enemies. When I was a boy I was taught to think of Englishmen as the five-meal people. They ate more frequently than the poor but sober Italians. Jews are rich and help each other through a secret web of mutual assistance. However, the followers must be convinced that they can overwhelm the enemies. Thus, by a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, the enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak. Fascist governments are [[GeneralFailure condemned to lose wars]] because they are constitutionally incapable of objectively evaluating the force of the enemy.
100	-->-- '''Creator/UmbertoEco''', "Ur-Fascism"
101
102	->No matter how well-intentioned they may be privately, they are limited by those they govern. Paradoxically, this is truest of dictators.
103	-->-- '''Creator/GoreVidal''', "Nasser's Egypt"
104
105	->Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image, because the image will be much more powerful than he could ever be.
106	-->-- '''Marshall [=McLuhan=]'''
107
108	->I stand by [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush this man]]. I stand by this man, because he stands for things. Not only for things, he stands ''on'' things. [[TheRuinsICaused Things like aircraft carriers and rubble and recently flooded city squares.]] And that sends a strong message, that no matter what happens to America, she will always rebound with the most powerfully staged photo-ops in the world.
109	-->-- '''Creator/StephenColbert''', 2006 White House Press Correspondents' Dinner
110
111	->I think we drum good people out of politics who are defined by [[NeverLiveItDown the single worst thing they've ever done]], as opposed to the context of their public lives, and I think we make it much, much easier for [[PointyHairedBoss people who have no business holding office]] to enter the process. Because when you're not talking about ideas and world views and agendas, when you are talking about character and personality, it makes it very easy for for someone to float through the process, without ever having to explain themselves or demonstrate what they know.".
112	-->-- '''[[http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/5s9bwu/matt-bai Matt Bai]]''', [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructing]] this trope in politics on ''Series/TheDailyShow''
113
114	->He seems content-free to me. Never had a job, except in PR, and it shows.
115	-->-- '''Creator/ChristopherHitchens''' on UsefulNotes/DavidCameron
116
117	->Music/{{Justin\|Bieber}} says he was just nervous because he was afraid people would be at home judging him and he didn’t want to come off "arrogant or conceited." [[HaHaHaNo Yeah, too fucking late.]] He also got all ~deep~ by talking about how he’s done "pretending" to be someone he's not, and that he's not actually an awful come-to-life canker sore.
118	-->-- '''[[http://dlisted.com/2015/01/29/justin-bieber-wants-you-to-know-he-was-just-pretending-to-be-a-little-asshole-last-year/ Michael K.]]''', "Justin Bieber Wants You To Know He Was Just Pretending To Be A Little Asshole Last Year"
119
120	->He’s like Napoleon and he wants to create this insane, infamous madman reputation. He wants to be like Hitler on his sets, and he is. So he’s a nightmare to work for but when you get him away from set, and he’s not in director mode, I kind of really enjoy his personality because he’s so awkward, so hopelessly awkward. He has no social skills at all.
121	-->--'''Creator/MeganFox''' on Creator/MichaelBay
122
123	->Presidents [[HeadInTheSandManagement abstain from making key policy decisions]] because of how they might look. [[WorstNewsJudgmentEver News organizations bury corrections quickly]] because of how those errors will look... Everything gets clouded in a fog of optics, while reality lurks out of view.
124	-->-- '''Drew Macgary''', [[http://deadspin.com/everything-is-public-relations-now-1633071050 "Everything Is Public Relations Now"]]
125
126	->If there's a hurricane or a flood or some sort of disaster, you can bet cartel trucks loaded with aid supplies will start flooding into the region, and that cartel men with cameras will be there to videotape it for Website/YouTube. Because a few trucks loaded with food and water totally make up for all those murders.
127	-->-- '''''{{Website/Cracked}}''''', [[http://www.cracked.com/article_21367_6-ways-life-in-cartel-run-mexico-nothing-like-you-imagine.html#ixzz352pVMF9l "6 Ways Life in Cartel-Run Mexico Is Nothing Like You Think"]]
128
129	->I'm not Walt Disney. I do a lot of things that Walt Disney wouldn't do. Walt Disney doesn't smoke. I smoke. Walt Disney doesn't drink. I drink.
130	-->-- '''Creator/WaltDisney''', on his public persona
131
132	->The problem here ''isn't'' that Bernie Sanders is a crazy-pants cuckoo bird. It's that we've all become so accustomed to stage-managed, focus group-driven candidates that [[RealityIsUnrealistic authenticity comes across as lunacy]].
133	-->-- '''Creator/JonStewart''', ''Series/TheDailyShowWithJonStewart''
134
135	->You're not Stalin and ''I'm'' not Stalin. ''[points to a portrait of himself]'' ''That'' is Stalin. Stalin is Soviet power. Stalin is what he is in the newspapers and in the portraits, not you, no not even ''me!''
136	-->-- '''UsefulNotes/JosefStalin''', to his son Vasily
137
138	-> My grandfather's opinion was this: If pupils peep into their teacher's private life frequently, they lose their awe of him; the teacher must give his pupils the firm belief that their teacher neither eats nor urinates; only then can he maintain his authority at school; so a teacher should set up a screen and live behind it.
139	-->-- '''Kim Il-Sung'''
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