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Dennis Potter

"As adults, we do know more, but we don't know enough. People can be very unthinkingly callous."

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"As adults, we do know more, but we don't know enough. People can be very unthinkingly callous."

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"Texas has arguably the most extreme separation between the well off and everyday people in the United States."

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"People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else."

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"People always ask me, how do you do everything you do?"

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"It only takes five people in black robes to determine such crucial issues for our country as abortion, pornography, same-sex 'marriage,' and religious liberties."

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