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" In over thirty years working in TV and movies, I've never had an exit interview or contributed to a 360 assessment. "

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" Feminists cried, 'Sexism!' when New York Senator Hillary Clinton was judged not by the content of her character but by the color of her pantsuits. "

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" Moral licensing comes into play when people rely on past behavior to dismiss current prejudiced behavior. This is better known as the 'Some of my best friends are...' defense. "

" In Hollywood, you kind of trick yourself into feeling like you have impact. "

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" If necessity is the mother of invention, urgency is the uncle of change. Without it, progress slows and then stops and then reverses. "

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" Studies do show that in hierarchical structures, you do get more harassment. There's more power concentrated at the top, which means there's more abuse of power concentrated at the top. And every TV show is very much a hierarchy. "

" Garry Shandling's stand-up specials were masterpieces of tightly crafted stories that delivered both hard jokes and hard truths. He was neurotic and self-deprecating, and his observations on life cut deep. "

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" I basically lived like a guy for, certainly, the first decade of my career, and I just wanted to blend in. "

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" We have so many great memoirs from women in front of the camera, from Tina Fey, Mindy Kaling, Amy Poehler, and Amy Schumer. "