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" People tend to forget about nuclear weapons. We think they are going to remain in silos for the rest of time. As long as they exist, they are going to be used. "

Rod Lurie

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" Classically, throughout all of our history, the movies in times of crisis have turned to military figures as heroes, because they are the guardians of our nation. "

" Marc Frydman and I are overwhelmed by the confidence Touchstone Television has shown in us, and we're thrilled to continue trying to knock 'em out of the park. "

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" When I was a kid, my heroes were not baseball players nor movie stars. My knights in shining armor were film critics. "

" When reporters are in the business of obtaining hard facts that service the free flow of information, journalists should have a right to obtain that information without fear of personal ruin or incarceration. "

" I don't know a nicer guy in the world than Alan Alda. "

" Just because the boogeyman of the Soviet Union doesn't exist anymore, it doesn't mean the world is living angelically. "

" I grew up in the home of a political cartoonist, so I was a junkie for politics. "

" 'All the President's Men' is a movie that has a very personal place for me because it made me want to be a journalist, and then it made me want to be a filmmaker. "

" The way that one feels about the story line of 'Deterrence' can tell us, I believe, about each person's conservatism or liberalism and precisely how tolerant he or she is of racism. "

" I think people were a little premature in writing off violent movies. They're going to continue being made, and audiences will continue going to see them. "

" 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. "

" There's no need to make any film. The word 'need' is pretty strong. But if there's a purpose behind making the film, there can be a justification for it. "

" I have to admit that all of us creatively involved with 'Commander' absolutely intended to put the term 'Madam President' into the zeitgeist. I can't deny it. "

" There's a difference between 'political films' and 'films about Iraq.' "

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" The United States military is probably the most socialistic institution in the United States. "

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" I remember watching movies like 'Fatal Attraction' and watching the audience go bananas at the end of the film. "

" 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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