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"There are other options out there, after all, like read a book, go on the Internet, rent a movie."
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Dick Wolf
"There are other options out there, after all, like read a book, go on the Internet, rent a movie."
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"I felt that if we, as the Met, were not intervening once one person starts digging up Parliament Square, then someone else is going to join in and you have a spiral."
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Michael Todd
"I felt that if we, as the Met, were not intervening once one person starts digging up Parliament Square, then someone else is going to join in and you have a spiral."
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"Certainly the experiences of Seth and his relationship to his parents and his point of view of the world are very similar to my own and very much based on my experiences at the University of Southern California."
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Josh Schwartz
"Certainly the experiences of Seth and his relationship to his parents and his point of view of the world are very similar to my own and very much based on my experiences at the University of Southern California."
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"Kids in general make things fresh and alive and they have this great appreciation for, Holy mackerel, we're making a movie!"
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James L. Brooks
"Kids in general make things fresh and alive and they have this great appreciation for, Holy mackerel, we're making a movie!"
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"If I could drop dead right now, I'd be the happiest man alive."
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Samuel Goldwyn
"If I could drop dead right now, I'd be the happiest man alive."
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"Everything I touch turns to gold."
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Pete Waterman
"Everything I touch turns to gold."
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"My philosophy: find what it is you want to say, walk in the room, say it, and get the hell out."
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J. Michael Straczynski
"My philosophy: find what it is you want to say, walk in the room, say it, and get the hell out."
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"A Mac is a closed box, so Apple can make decisions about things that they don't include. That makes, it in some ways, simpler for them."
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Robert Wise
"A Mac is a closed box, so Apple can make decisions about things that they don't include. That makes, it in some ways, simpler for them."
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"Drama or comedy programming is still the surest way for advertisers to reach a mass audience. Once that changes, all bets are off."
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Dick Wolf
"Drama or comedy programming is still the surest way for advertisers to reach a mass audience. Once that changes, all bets are off."
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"But once we got them on its feet then they run themselves, unless there's corrections you have to make."
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Jerry Bruckheimer
"But once we got them on its feet then they run themselves, unless there's corrections you have to make."
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"A lot of it had to do with when it's released and what's out in the marketplace, what's its competition."
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Jerry Bruckheimer
"A lot of it had to do with when it's released and what's out in the marketplace, what's its competition."
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"I never liked you, and I always will."
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Samuel Goldwyn
"I never liked you, and I always will."
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"You become so obsessed, and that's not a bad thing for a movie. Serve it with that sense that it's the whole world."
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James L. Brooks
"You become so obsessed, and that's not a bad thing for a movie. Serve it with that sense that it's the whole world."
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"TV is bigger than any story it reports. It's the greatest teaching tool since the printing press."
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Fred W. Friendly
"TV is bigger than any story it reports. It's the greatest teaching tool since the printing press."
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"I'm not a member of a minority but I can empathize with what's going on."
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Matthew Vaughn
"I'm not a member of a minority but I can empathize with what's going on."
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"President Johnson offered the middle of the road."
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Lew Wasserman
"President Johnson offered the middle of the road."
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"It's all right; it's not so much fun any more."
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David O. Selznick
"It's all right; it's not so much fun any more."
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"An icon painter starts not with Jesus Christ but by finding earth and rubbing. Now what is earth, what are you rubbing in directing?"
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Peter Brook
"An icon painter starts not with Jesus Christ but by finding earth and rubbing. Now what is earth, what are you rubbing in directing?"
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"People recognize certain things, like 'D' means 'this dialogue stinks.' We're dealing with shows that are written here, shot in New York and posted back here. Accurate communication is a necessity."
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Dick Wolf
"People recognize certain things, like 'D' means 'this dialogue stinks.' We're dealing with shows that are written here, shot in New York and posted back here. Accurate communication is a necessity."
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"My kids get everything they want and are raised well."
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Suge Knight
"My kids get everything they want and are raised well."
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"I love entertaining people and this is entertainment."
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Jerry Bruckheimer
"I love entertaining people and this is entertainment."
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"Too caustic? To hell with the costs, we'll make the picture anyway."
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Samuel Goldwyn
"Too caustic? To hell with the costs, we'll make the picture anyway."
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"Life goes on pretty much the same way. I've been working on a couple of films on the side. You may see some more. You may even see another television show."
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Norman Lear
"Life goes on pretty much the same way. I've been working on a couple of films on the side. You may see some more. You may even see another television show."
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"A composite is a euphemism for a lie. It's disorderly. It's dishonest and it's not journalism."
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Fred W. Friendly
"A composite is a euphemism for a lie. It's disorderly. It's dishonest and it's not journalism."
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"Let's have some new cliches."
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Samuel Goldwyn
"Let's have some new cliches."
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"Please write music like Wagner, only louder."
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Samuel Goldwyn
"Please write music like Wagner, only louder."
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"The harder I work, the luckier I get."
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Samuel Goldwyn
"The harder I work, the luckier I get."
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"If Roosevelt were alive today, he'd turn over in his grave."
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Samuel Goldwyn
"If Roosevelt were alive today, he'd turn over in his grave."
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"Why should every single character be an honor student who goes around helping others and never doing anything wrong? Is that like the rule or something?"
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Mike Judge
"Why should every single character be an honor student who goes around helping others and never doing anything wrong? Is that like the rule or something?"
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"There's a great tradition in storytelling that's thousands of years old, telling stories about kings and their palaces, and that's really what I wanted to do."
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Aaron Sorkin
"There's a great tradition in storytelling that's thousands of years old, telling stories about kings and their palaces, and that's really what I wanted to do."
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"We were the only ones interested in comedy. Everybody else wanted to be Martin Scorsese."
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Matt Stone
"We were the only ones interested in comedy. Everybody else wanted to be Martin Scorsese."
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"I tell you, I feel like a real novice as far as horror goes."
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Lawrence Kasdan
"I tell you, I feel like a real novice as far as horror goes."
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"I'm as conservative as they come."
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Matthew Vaughn
"I'm as conservative as they come."
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"We should all relax about life because you don't have a clue as to what's really going on."
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Barry Sonnenfeld
"We should all relax about life because you don't have a clue as to what's really going on."
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"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead."
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Samuel Goldwyn
"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead."
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"If you have a crisis, whether on a ship or wherever, there are heroes who rise above it."
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Jerry Bruckheimer
"If you have a crisis, whether on a ship or wherever, there are heroes who rise above it."
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"Being a writer is like having homework every night for the rest of your life."
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Lawrence Kasdan
"Being a writer is like having homework every night for the rest of your life."
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"If she was a victim of any kind, she was a victim of her friends."
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George Cukor
"If she was a victim of any kind, she was a victim of her friends."
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"It's been amazing to watch, because for 'Thor', which was always a mid-selling book, to be in the top ten for every single issue since the reboot is just a great compliment."
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J. Michael Straczynski
"It's been amazing to watch, because for 'Thor', which was always a mid-selling book, to be in the top ten for every single issue since the reboot is just a great compliment."
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"If you're going to vote on a television contract, there is a certain rationality to saying that the same structures that are applied to Health Plan participation should be placed on the right to vote on a strike."
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Dick Wolf
"If you're going to vote on a television contract, there is a certain rationality to saying that the same structures that are applied to Health Plan participation should be placed on the right to vote on a strike."
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"It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselves against the law."
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Cecil B. DeMille
"It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselves against the law."
Law,
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"For your information, I would like to ask a question."
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Samuel Goldwyn
"For your information, I would like to ask a question."
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"I mean, the trouble with some of the kind of relationship movies I've done, is there's only so many ways you can shoot a conversation. I was really tired of talking heads."
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Lawrence Kasdan
"I mean, the trouble with some of the kind of relationship movies I've done, is there's only so many ways you can shoot a conversation. I was really tired of talking heads."
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"I grew up in the theatre. It's where I got my start. Writing a television drama with theatrical dialogue about the theatre is beyond perfection."
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Aaron Sorkin
"I grew up in the theatre. It's where I got my start. Writing a television drama with theatrical dialogue about the theatre is beyond perfection."
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"I think most people don't react well to being screamed at. It's counterproductive."
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Dick Wolf
"I think most people don't react well to being screamed at. It's counterproductive."
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"If a person with a bullet in Dallas can change the world, imagine a person with an idea could do."
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J. Michael Straczynski
"If a person with a bullet in Dallas can change the world, imagine a person with an idea could do."
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"I don't think I'm going to do any good work this morning."
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David O. Selznick
"I don't think I'm going to do any good work this morning."
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"No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life."
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Samuel Goldwyn
"No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life."
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"I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job."
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Samuel Goldwyn
"I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job."
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"A news organization has a much different responsibility. I might not be telling you the whole story. I might not be telling you a story in a manner that is properly sophisticated."
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Aaron Sorkin
"A news organization has a much different responsibility. I might not be telling you the whole story. I might not be telling you a story in a manner that is properly sophisticated."
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