Robert Thompson
Robert Thompson
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It's the only television entity of any kind that ever had a generation named after it,
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It's a policy to honor donor intent. It's a double-edged sword and it's one we don't like to have to encounter, but we understand and do our best to let people know we've reached our fund-raising goals in those instances.
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It's hard to remember life without eBay. It's one of those things like fast food or Disneyland. Once they make their appearance on the American landscape, they become part of the language.
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It was the kind of program you saw when you were home sick from school. We were in our pajamas, not in school and our mothers were about to bring us hot soup.
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It's awesome that the controls we have in place to flag suspicious cases actually worked.
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It might be a little easier to pull off. The volume helps. And there seems to be a real demand for it. With metal bands, the live-ness of the act is really important. Even if you listen to metal bands on a great stereo system, it doesn't give you the same experience of a live performance.
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These are the things that make the Oscars fun.
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There's a history in American culture about animals. You have sincere animals such as Rin Tin Tin and Lassie who are essentially heroic. And you've also got your wise-cracking animals. ... You turn an animal into something that becomes a commentary on the silliness of human life.
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They have the biggest audience of the year. And what we watch is the modern version of a 1950s variety show.
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There's a lot of people that are going to become homeless cause they can't afford to live anywhere.
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There's a lot of us Native people in Alaska that do not want it.
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There's a place for what Geraldo does in the universe of journalistic commentary. I'm just not sure they've always found the right place for him to be . . . including this new show.
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That's really fascinating. It's method acting gone wild ù a character who's not only reading lines and performing in the show but also continuing to perform outside the confines of the screen.
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It's so dense. There are so many mysteries going on. It's the perfect show for internet speculating.