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I spend most of my days pacing around, muttering that I have no ideas, feeling like I'm walking a plank.

~Aaron Sorkin

Topics: Around Days Feeling Ideas Like Most Pacing Plank Spend Walking

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The Internet, in general, I find troubling. The anonymity has made us all meaner and dumber. This thing that was supposed to bring us closer together, I see it doing the opposite.

~Aaron Sorkin

Topics: Anonymity Bring Closer Doing Dumber Find General Internet Made Meaner Opposite See Supposed Thing Together Troubling Us I See

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I had a lot of survival jobs. One was for the Witty Ditty singing-telegram company. I was in the red-and-white stripes with the straw boater hat and kazoo. Balloons. Even when you're sleeping on a friend's couch, you have to pay some kind of rent.

~Aaron Sorkin

Topics: Balloons Company Couch Even Friend Had Hat Jobs Kind Lot Pay Rent Sleeping Some Straw Stripes Survival Witty You

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I do not diminish the incredible symbolic importance of a black man getting elected president. But my euphoria was a smart guy getting elected president. Maybe for the first time in my lifetime we had elected one of the thousand smartest Americans president.

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Topics: American Black Diminish Elected Euphoria First First Time Getting Guy Had Importance Incredible Lifetime Man Maybe President Smart Smartest Symbolic Thousand Time

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It's a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.

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Topics: Being Combination Dumb Life Super Unpredictable You

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There are some screw-ups headed your way. I wish I could tell you that there was a trick to avoiding the screw-ups... but they're coming for ya. It's a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.

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Topics: Avoiding Being Combination Coming Could Dumb Headed Life Some Super Tell Trick Unpredictable Way Wish Ya You Your I Wish

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I think socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality.

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Topics: Internet Reality Reality Tv Socializing Think Tv I Think

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'Molly's Game' was a true story about a remarkable young woman named Molly Bloom. She was this close to going to the Olympics; she was ranked third in North America in women's moguls.

~Aaron Sorkin

Topics: About America Bloom Close Game Going Molly Named North North America Olympics Remarkable She Story Third True True Story Woman Women Young Young Woman

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I've loved every minute I've spent in television. And I've had much more failure, as traditionally measured, than success in television. I've done four shows, and only one of them was the 'West Wing.'

~Aaron Sorkin

Topics: Done Every Failure Four Had Loved Measured Minute More Much Only Shows Spent Success Television Than Them West West Wing Wing

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When I wrote 'The West Wing,' the juice behind it was that in popular culture, our leaders in government are generally portrayed as Machiavellian, or as idiots. I thought, well, how about writing about a group of hyper-competent people?

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Topics: About Behind Culture Generally Government Group How Idiots Juice Leaders Our People Popular Popular Culture Portrayed Thought Well West West Wing Wing Writing Wrote

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Producer

Born: June 9th, 1961

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