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This fundraiser is the prime example of what is wrong with our system. They write their $100,000 checks because they hope to get a favor in return.
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Something I've really been wanting to do, ever since 'Six Feet Under' ended, was create my own version of this idealized writer's room as well as the ideal family.
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Some people will always think they know how to make other people's marriages better, and, after a while, they'll get to cudgeling you or selling you something; the really entrepreneurial types will sell you the cudgel.
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Soul music is about longevity and reaching and touching people on a human level - and that's never going to get lost.
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One day, when my son was eight, he came into the kitchen while I was cooking and said: 'You put bad words in your books, don't you?' No doubt he had overheard my mother, who often tells people who ask about my work: 'Well, you'll never find her books in the Christian bookstore.'
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One day, I was playing 'The Game of Life,' the board game, with a mess of kids, and I wasn't quite sure how, but it seemed different than the game I remembered playing as a kid. So I bought an old game, from 1960, and it was different.
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Once we get a graduate of that school, we'll address that issue. There are border schools and established medical schools in Mexico. There's a big difference. If they just popped up, they'll get a different look.
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Action movies are typically the most high-budget features being made, so if you can come up with a great comedy like, There's Something About Mary,
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The more horrible the truth that you admit, the better you connect. You have to tell the truth.
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During my last night in captivity, my captors forced me to participate in a propaganda video.
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Of course, you lay awake nights. You do wake up in the middle of the night wondering about it.
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Oftentimes, people think, well, my dog is always outside anyway, so it's used to the cold. That's not necessarily true. If you go outside, and it's too cold for you, it's too cold for your pet.
Normally, you cast a pilot, and you have to make compromises about being political about who you cast.
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The Olympics is an imperfect interregnum, the parade of nations a fantasy about a peace never won. It offers little relief from strife and no harbor from terror.