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" Whenever somebody comes up with a good idea, there's somebody else who has never had a good idea in his life who stands up and says, Oh, you can't do that. "
Tom Clancy
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" The role of fiction is supposed to be divorced from the role of reality. "
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" I was one of the first generations to watch television. TV exposes people to news, to information, to knowledge, to entertainment. How is it bad? "
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" Life is about learning; when you stop learning, you die. "
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