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Aaron Spelling

"You can't predict a show, that is the damndest thing, you can't predict if a show is going to work or not until it's on the air."

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"You can't predict a show, that is the damndest thing, you can't predict if a show is going to work or not until it's on the air."

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"The world system is employment."

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"Police officers are poorly paid for a very stressful job that has them in very high powered radio frequency (RF) fields and in a daily environment that may result in them being assaulted, maimed or killed."

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"A butler supplies food to nourish your body, but a writer nourishes your mind through writing."

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"Do not be weary to make money."

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"My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you'll get a different answer."

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"Employers are at their happiest on Mondays. Employees are at their happiest on Fridays."

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"Work was intended not to give a man a reason to live, but rather to give him a means to live."

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"Next to us is not the workman whom we have hired, with whom we love so well to talk, but the workman whose work we are."

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"Be robust enough to work more than a robot!"

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"When we did Dynasty, it was the clothes. I think the clothes affected every woman around the world. I got so many letters, I think we made the designer a millionaire!"
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"There are a couple of things that I'm sure people don't think are important, but I do. I don't like hair changes unless there's a reason for it. Clothing - I don't like to see an outfit worn more than one time in an hour - you can wear it again a few weeks later."
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"A show that no one thought had a chance has just finished its fifth year: Charmed. I think it's tougher for the younger networks, so I think they have a little more patience for the sake of the show. But who knows?"
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"But it's true, when you see some television, you carry it with you. It's like 90210. Tell me what young shows were being done then... We were thrilled about the ratings around the world."
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"But, I don't know, the violence, I can't even talk about. We don't do a lot of violent shows. When I started in television, breaking a pencil was a violent act."
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"One thing my wife says is bad about me, is that I still care too much."
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"Right now I'm doing four shows at a time, trying to read four outlines every week, four scripts every week, and watching four rough cuts; it's a lot of good work. It's fun to do it, but it does wear you out."
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"You know what shows today are missing? Stars."
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"Now I've even gotten to running out to the fan buses that pass by our house, so I can talk to the people. I think I'm trying to gather fans, frankly. They're very, very nice people - they really understand. It's fun talking to them."
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"Nowadays, people always say, how come he's doing such young shows? But they never mention The Mod Squad. I was very proud of that show. It's the first time an African-American guy kissed a white girl."
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