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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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Adam McKay
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: April 17
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I think American culture had just become so disengaged from the process of government, and we'd been so fuzzed out by our pop culture around us, that I don't think people really saw this guy for what he was.
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I'm not against banking. Banking allowed our modern society to happen, it is essential. It connects the work through finance, so banking is good.
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The only way that Hollywood ever skews toward liberal is because part of what we make out of Hollywood involves writers, actors, directors, musicians, set designers, and photographers. In general, people like that are going to be more progressive, more open minded, a little more altruistic.
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There's a lot of things you can't control. But you can always be a pro.
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The way you really stop Al-Qaeda is by stopping their funding. It's not by carpet-bombing or land invasions or anything.
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