“ If you were to take that away, it wouldn't be March Madness. It turns it into the same kind of fun like playing the lottery. ”
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“ It sounds so cruel but some of these telethons - even though you're doing it completely for charity - are very important gigs for your career. ”
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“ The Americans are our best friends - whether we like it or not. ”
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“ The idea of taking this very modern 21st century story of tender love between two cowboys and putting it into the time period of an old Western opens up the floodgates for telling jokes. Comedians can't resist because we all know what a cowboy movie is and this challenges it. ”
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“ You can redefine the place of Mars in pop culture. It's close enough to interact with. ”
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“ Even if it stopped now, its combination of longevity and quality has never been matched,... is one of the great comic creations.... He's complex in his own lack of complexity. ”
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“ Now, I think candidates realize that they've got to collect these constituencies, these audiences, like you would assemble a patch-work quilt. ”
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“ If you were to take that away, it wouldn't be March Madness. It turns it into the same kind of fun like playing the lottery. ”
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“ When Ellen came back with the Emmys (in November 2001), she was coming back to a culture that had been put on total and complete hold,... a felicitous coincidence. ”
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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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“ The Americans are our best friends - whether we like it or not. ”
- Robert Thompson- Copy
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“ The idea of taking this very modern 21st century story of tender love between two cowboys and putting it into the time period of an old Western opens up the floodgates for telling jokes. Comedians can't resist because we all know what a cowboy movie is and this challenges it. ”
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“ Now, I think candidates realize that they've got to collect these constituencies, these audiences, like you would assemble a patch-work quilt. ”
- Robert Thompson- Copy
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“ When Ellen came back with the Emmys (in November 2001), she was coming back to a culture that had been put on total and complete hold,... a felicitous coincidence. ”
- Robert Thompson- Copy
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“ These are fundamental, foundational themes in American culture. And they all get played out here in... the journalistic perfect storm. ”
- Robert Thompson- Copy
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“ Even if it stopped now, its combination of longevity and quality has never been matched,... is one of the great comic creations.... He's complex in his own lack of complexity. ”
- Robert Thompson- Copy
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“ As soon as distilled spirits were discovered and their effect on one's consciousness known, they became an important part of the tradition. ”
- Robert Thompson- Copy
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“ I think the '70s was the last pure decade. Once you're in the '80s, you're in the post-modern era. ”
- Robert Thompson- Copy
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“ It was such a great dramatic device,... For one thing, it was really slow, so there was plenty of time to make some great dramatic proclamations, like `Honey, I love you.'. ”
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“ Technology Enterprise Park is the latest addition to the successful and ongoing efforts to foster the commercialization of research at Georgia Tech through Georgia Advanced Technology Ventures. ”
- Robert Thompson- Copy
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“ The star approval in OK! makes it less sleazy on one level and therefore less interesting. ”
- Robert Thompson- Copy
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“ The star approval in OK! makes it less sleazy on one level and therefore less interesting. ”
- Robert Thompson- Copy
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“ I think the '70s was the last pure decade. Once you're in the '80s, you're in the post-modern era. ”
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“ Reality TV comes along and it proceeds to marry with every other type of program and have offspring. We've got reality TV married to a talent show? 'Nashville Star' and 'American Idol.' And now I think the same is happening with home improvement shows. ”
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“ The only difference is that television is such a predominant medium.... Radio used to have sitcoms and doctor shows and cop shows and game shows and all the different genres, and television wrestled that primary entertainment away from it. But I think in terms of its impact on the medium of radio, yes, this is going to be a very big deal. ”
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“ Alcoholic beverages are to New Year's as a turkey is to Thanksgiving and a jack-o'-lantern is to Halloween. It's the central iconographic image. There's not much else. ”
- Robert Thompson- Copy
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“ If you were to take that away, it wouldn't be March Madness. It turns it into the same kind of fun like playing the lottery. ”
- Robert Thompson- Copy
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“ Alcoholic beverages are to New Year's as a turkey is to Thanksgiving and a jack-o'-lantern is to Halloween. It's the central iconographic image. There's not much else. ”
- Robert Thompson- Copy
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