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“In the perfect world every source could be identified, but like the man said, "It's not a perfect world."”

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The champagne was flowing like the Potomac in flood.

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As a child, one looks for compliments. As an adult, one looks for evidence of effectiveness.

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I must be out of it, but I don't know any good journalists who have excused Clinton's problems.

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The Nixon administration really put a lot of pressure on CBS not to run the second broadcast.

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Even in a perfect world where everyone was equal. I'd still own the film rights and be working on the sequel.

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The world can be better if there's love, tolerance and humility.

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I'm friends with everybody, I love everybody. I trust everybody because they don't give me reasons not to you know what I'm saying? So,…

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In a perfect world, I could be doing some bigger films and balance that with some independent films because they seem to be the…

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Nothing has to be changed, because all is beautiful - that is enlightenment. All is as it should be, everything is perfect. This is…

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Inside the snow globe on my father's desk, there was a penguin wearing a red-and-white-striped scarf. When I was little my father would pull…

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