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William Devane

"Writers are not always right however, but then again, I've been on shows where the actors have complete control and change everything and it's terrible."

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"Writers are not always right however, but then again, I've been on shows where the actors have complete control and change everything and it's terrible."

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Amber Hurdle

"Mr. Knightley to be no longer coming there for his evening comfort! - No longer walking in at all hours, as if ever willing to change his own home for their's! - How was it to be endured?"

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Amber Hurdle

"Change isn't always for the worst; the shell that forms around a piece of sand looks to some people like an irritation, and to others, like a pearl."

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Amber Hurdle

"All it takes is a second and your whole life can get turned upside down."

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Amber Hurdle

"Make a change of your steps when necessary. "Status quo" is the court room where change is kept on trial for long, delaying the verdict. Make a change and achieve your dreams. Rule your case with victory."

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Amber Hurdle

"Change comes with sacrifice... When you want to make a change you must be prepared to make a sacrifice of escaping the comfort zone!"

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Amber Hurdle

"An exceptional future can only be built on the transformation of the mess I've made, not the elimination of it."

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Amber Hurdle

"Man will never reach the higher wisdom,If he can't yet accept the pain of change."

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Amber Hurdle

"Tradition is the code that keeps change in lock. If you refuse change, you are likely to rust and guess the cause; that long held way of doing things."

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Amber Hurdle

"The reason authors almost always put a dedication on a book is, because their selfishness even horrifies themselves in the end."

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Amber Hurdle

"I hate the assumption that you can't write about something because you haven't experienced it, and not just because it assumes a limit on the human imagination, which is basically limitless. It also suggests that some leaps of identification are impossible. I refuse to accept that, because it leads to the conclusion that real change is beyond us, and so is empathy."

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"A show like Knots or any other show that can be called a soap opera does terribly in syndication because if you're a viewer and you miss a week you don't know what's going on."
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"Ultimately the Emmys are a popularity contest."
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"The business is built on slowing or even stopping the aging process."
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"Networks don't want a show with a continuing story. There's no backend potential."
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"The West Wing seems to be feeding the myth about how presidential politics are."
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"There's a certain possessiveness of writers sometimes."
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"And I have to credit David Jacobs with the opportunities he gave me. He was totally into sharing the creation of characters. David put together a show that told the story of people over many years' time and that was greatly enjoyable. Though nowadays that is frowned upon."
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"Clint Eastwood is aging beautifully. But someone like Burt Reynolds and others are practically destroying their faces in the amount of work they have."
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"Even though shows like NYPD Blue are soaps in my opinion, but they're individualized to an extent that you can still follow what's going on if you miss a week."
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"The same issue is happening on a show like Everybody Loves Raymond now, which is in its eighth year and struggling to come up with good stories. It'll be interesting to see how they do. The bottom line is, it starts with the writers and ends with the writers."
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