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"I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center."
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"You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say."
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"At the rate we're going, the 21st century looks pretty clear. It's going to be pretty violent."

"You know, Hillary Clinton gives of herself. Princess Diana gave of herself. But they are not saints."

"And I've been acting for 39 years, so I define characters differently than I did in say Miami Vice."

"I believe that Gandhi was correct. Non-violent civil disobedience is the only way to bring about change that allows people to enjoy the change and not get killed in the process."

"And, granted, for a long time, the European has been dominant in certain parts of this Western Hemisphere, but by the end of the 21st century, it's over."

"Because people of color will definitely, definitely become the power base in the Western Hemisphere."

"There are nuclear weapons in China, Iran, Korea and Pakistan. It wouldn't take much to send a couple of warheads off on this planet somewhere that would cause a lot of environmental damage, then if you have got someone who wants to retaliate you have real problems."
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