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“The Kennedy Center Honors reflects our humanity and higher purpose. We are a great nation, in part, because we value culture.”

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The desire to keep doing what we love supersedes the desire to penalize bad behavior.

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Blondness is a core Trump-family value: Both Donald Jr. and Eric got the memo and married blondes.

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I realize that 'hire qualified women!' is the sort of outraged demand that's often met with a sigh. No one disagrees, and yet gender…

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We have so many great memoirs from women in front of the camera, from Tina Fey, Mindy Kaling, Amy Poehler, and Amy Schumer.

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My criticisms of late-night TV blew up some old friendships and sparked some new ones.

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The Pulitzer Prize was established when Joseph Pulitzer died in 1911, leaving a bequest to create the eponymous award. An immigrant from Hungary, Pulitzer…

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If I were to write a sequel to 'Lean In' for men, I would call it 'Make Room.'

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I traveled to Israel in a small party assembled by Marty Peretz, the editor-in-chief of 'The New Republic.' Other guests included Senator Al Gore…

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For thirty years, I've been hearing that it's getting better for women. And until I see statistical proof over enough years that that's true,…

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The vocabulary of my cynical world doesn't allow me to explain the success of 'Lean In.'

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If necessity is the mother of invention, urgency is the uncle of change. Without it, progress slows and then stops and then reverses.

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In TV, you look to make characters consistent, but in real life, we're not consistent. Sometimes we're brave, and sometimes we're not. Sometimes we're…

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