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" I don't know a nicer guy in the world than Alan Alda. "
Rod Lurie
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" There was never a day at West Point where I didn't ask myself, 'Where would I put the camera?' "
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" I've been a huge fan of Steven Bochco's for over two decades. "
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" I grew up during Watergate. I was enamored of the study of that. "
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" Take a look at Mila Kunis. When you see her performance in 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall,' you see a beauty there, and also a sadness. "
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" Simply stated, sometimes journalists can only get their information from informants who must remain anonymous in order to protect their careers and sometimes even their lives: Watergate: Confidential sources. The Pentagon Papers: Confidential sources. Enron: Confidential sources. "
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" I really like iconoclastic casting. I really do. "
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" It's not such a bad thing to bring some naive optimism to Washington. "
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" No matter how far they rise, women never stop being the caregiver. At the end of the day, women bear the emotional responsibility for their families. "
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" The common denominator of the great women leaders in the world - Indira Gandhi, Margaret Thatcher, Golda Meir - is that they're dramatically nonsexual. "
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" I was just nine years old when 'Straw Dogs' came out, so I can't really speak to the women of the time, but I can tell you that the women of 2011 are not put-upon, and they're not victims. "
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" The election of Obama will say as much about the American people as it does about Obama himself - that our Declaration of Independence means what it says in its opening lines, that being the world's greatest nation means that we offer the world's greatest opportunities. "
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