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"If you don't have the rights, you can't do the show."
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"If I am ever unexpectedly stopped in my car by the police, my response after pulling over in a populated area is to politely and clearly inform them that I am unarmed, I am recording everything, if they want to take me to the police station that they will need to appoint a lawyer, and I am now using my USA federal right to silence."

"Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing."

"Time will come and riding horses will be seen by the whole society as a severe animal rights violation!"

"A few years ago, there were requests to me, Can we make this? I said that I have no rights. Contact the Hitchcock estate, which won't release it for a remake."

"Not being treated as equal IS oppression."

"Never kill yourself because you are too poor to feed your children or your family. You are a part of this world, and the country you live on it. It is your right to be happy, educated and with your children and family. You must fight for your rights, kill for your rights but never die for them."

"The House of Commons, refused to receive the addresses of the colonies, when the matter was pending; besides, we hold our rights neither from them nor from the Lords."
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"The current wisdom now is that if the three networks are covering the news the same way the difference is the anchor people. I think that won't be true in the future."


"I don't think any industry was ever as closely scrutinized and written about and constantly in the public eye as television."


"I don't expect to win every battle but I think Fred Pierce has enough respect for me that I can go fight my battles and win my share."


"But unlike the setup in most organizations, where there's an administrator on top and creative people or doers underneath, I'm basically a doer and I like to have administrative people underneath me."


"But if you cover the World Series on the news or do a feature on an Ali boxing match then all of a sudden ears go up all over the place and people say what the hell are you doing. The reason for that is that we're doing something that people are really interested in."


"I respect the game that goes on of putting this against that, but I don't respect, nor do I enjoy, an awful lot of the actual programs that go on the air."


"People also don't care about the daily comings and goings of diplomats and yet we must report it."


"One of the towering people in this industry said, why don't you go and make a five-year contract with somebody, make yourself several million dollars and put it away, then go and do whatever you want, work for public TV if you want."
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