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" I so often doubt how much people on television believe what they're saying. They're playing roles for think tanks or political parties or shills of whatever stripe. "
Morgan Neville
Political
Think
Doubt
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" In the late 1960s, English artists like the Rolling Stones and Joe Cocker began recording in the States, and at that point, they realised, 'We can get real African-American voices on our records; we don't have to pretend any more.' "
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