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We all have these tendencies in us that could go this way or that. I think that's the real key in writing. To look at a character without judgment.

Paul Haggis

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Paul Haggis
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: March 10
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Paul Edward Haggis
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I was fired from my own television show, CBS's Family Law. It was the second time this had happened in my career, the first being when I was fired from The Facts of Life. I had been grateful to work in TV for so long but had always been chasing a career as a feature writer-director and had completely failed.
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We are manipulated by fear and the fear of others, and how we're often manipulated into doing things and voting in ways that are against our own best interest. Look at healthcare. People will tell you that healthcare is socialism and communism, and they're doing this while their wife needs an operation and their kid needs braces.
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The wrong one will start saying things like withdraw with honor. We've heard phrases like that before, and they led to thousands and thousands of deaths. Democrats always want to look tough.
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I just want to thank people who take big risks in their daily lives when there aren't cameras rolling. I want to dedicate this award to people who stand up for peace and against injustice and intolerance.
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Right after we invaded Iraq, I put a sign on my lawn that said War is not the answer. That sign was either defaced, ripped up, or stolen every week. I had to replace that sign twelve times.
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