Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate.
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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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It’s one thing to mess stuff up and break stuff, but [Borat] is really pointing out the ideology of America.
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Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals – always funny.
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“Firewall” seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides “military” and “government?”
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David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He’s not only a great director, but he’s also a great writer.
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Celebrities and ‘famous’ people are just regular folks. I know, it’s a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
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I grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps.
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There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
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Nothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing.
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You could feel America starting to ease up a little bit on racism, against blacks in certain pockets, and then suddenly The Cosby Show bubbled up and it was the right time for it.
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In general foreign invested companies who come to America to start a company, to open a manufacturing business or whatnot, they actually provide much higher wages than American companies.
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The worst part of governing, the political side, is the grossest part, so that’s what they call it. So anything that reeks of that immediately gets tuned out by 70 percent of the population.
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I have certain beliefs about how people should treat employees and how companies should be run, but I was really surprised though this process to learn that those beliefs are actually good business.
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We punch mirrors and we explore our darker selves. No, it’s just an amalgam of all newscasters that we grew up with. Sort of like before there was cable, when these people were like gods.
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Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.
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There are so many shoot-’em-up, action, jingoistic TV shows and movies that are made every year. I think the final line is that Hollywood is populist.
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