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" I've been alienating my public since I was 20 years old. "

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" I'm entitled to my political opinions, and I get to vote because I'm an American. "

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" When we leave the play saying how spectacular the sets or costumes were, or how interesting the ideas, it means we had a bad time. "

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" Being among my people is a delight. We Jews live among ourselves. I love it. "

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" The basis of drama is... the struggle of the hero towards a specific goal at the end of which he realises that what kept him from it was, in the lesser drama, civilisation and, in the great drama, the discovery of something that he did not set out to discover but which can be seen retrospectively as inevitable. "

" War is tragedy. The great war stories are tragedies. It's the failure of diplomacy. 'War and Peace,' 'A Farewell to Arms,' 'For Whom the Bell Tolls.' Those are some of the greatest tragedies. "

" I love the British. "

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" A liberal pretending to be a conservative? That's like a straight person pretending to be gay to get greater acceptance. "

" I grew up in a tough neighborhood and we used to say you can get further with a kind word and a gun than just a kind word. "

" My definition of a 'friend' is, coming from Chicago, someone who says, 'Yeah, sure. You know what? Let's talk about what we can talk about. Let's help each other out. Your politics are none of my business.' "

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" It's upsetting to be a man in our society. "

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" I was fortunate enough to have a rambling youth. "

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