Flak Quotes

"Studio people are afraid of `Crash.` It makes a statement about whoever releases the film. Miramax took a lot of flak for releasing Kids. The same will happen for whoever releases `Crash.`"

Before the US (2006) mid-term elections, my rabbi was taking a lot of flak. The congregation is exclusive-liberal, yet he is a self-described independent (read "conservative") and he was driving the flock wild. Why? Because a) he never discussed politics; and b) he taught that the quality of political discourse must be addressed first; that Jewish law teaches that it is incumbent upon one to hear the other fellow out. `So I, like many of the liberal congregation, began - teeth grinding - to attempt to do so. And in doing so I recognised that I held two views of America. `One was of a state where everything was magically wrong and must be immediately corrected at any cost; and the other (the world in which I actually functioned day to day) was made up of people who were in the main reasonably trying to maximise their comfort by getting along with one another (in the workplace, the marketplace, the jury room, even the school meeting). `And I realised that the time had come for me to avow my participation in the country in which I chose to live - and that this country was not a schoolroom teaching values, but a marketplace.

Do I catch flak because I`m so much smarter than everyone else? I don`t know.

Amidst all the clutter, beyond all the obstacles, aside from all the static, are the goals set. Put your head down, do the best job possible, let the flak pass, and work towards those goals.

(Telabria has been driven to build the network by local authorities, keen to respond to the needs of businesses in the area.) Our biggest allies are the local development offices and councils, ... They`re the people who get the flak from the business people who are attracted to Kent because it`s more rural and less stressful than the city, but if they can`t get metropolitan-quality communications, they`re going to think about it.

Up until about 12 years ago we never, ever, wore flak jacket or helmets but now the nastiness has got worse.

She`s very brave the way she tackles this in the book. She`s been given a lot of flak from the right, saying, `Who`d want you?` But she does deal well with the imperfect fit between men and women. If she was a man, she`d have a ton of people throwing themselves at her.

He`s just being more aggressive and more confident. The receivers and quarterback have taken a lot of flak, but they`re a lot more confident and they`re having fun out there, which is a good sign.