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A dry stretch of commentary in the middle of an 'Anchorman' movie would have been a terrible thing.

~Adam Mckay

Topics: Been Commentary Dry Middle Movie Stretch Terrible Terrible Thing Thing Would

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I try to tell the best story, and the story that has some heart and some genuine terror and some social commentary and some comedy and some romance and some sex and some violence.

~Alan Ball

Topics: Best Comedy Commentary Genuine Heart Romance Sex Social Some Story Tell Terror Try Violence

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The British ballads became a new kind of form in their hand. And out of them came the blues, a new kind of song of commentary and satire, a song form which, after all, has become the main musical form of the whole human species.

~Alan Lomax

Topics: After Ballads Became Become Blues British Came Commentary Form Hand Human Human Species Kind Main Musical New New Kind Out Satire Song Species Them Which Whole

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I don't want to offend people and I don't want to be mean, but social commentary and comedy for me are part and parcel. I think the greatest social activists are comedians.

~Alanis Morissette

Topics: Activists Comedians Comedy Commentary Greatest Me Mean Offend Parcel Part Part And Parcel People Social Think Want I Think

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I think that my films are basically family stories, beyond the fact that they are global and have political and social commentary.

~Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Topics: Basically Beyond Commentary Fact Family Films Global Political Social Stories Think I Think

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Apocalyptic hysteria is much more effective at getting people to open their wallets than reasonable commentary.

~Alex Pareene

Topics: Commentary Effective Getting Hysteria More Much Open People Reasonable Than

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At twelve I was determined to shoot only For honor; at twenty not to shoot at all; I know at thirty-three that one must shoot As often as one gets the rare chance - In killing there is more than commentary.

~Allen Tate

Topics: Chance Commentary Determined Gets Honor Know More Must Often Only Rare Shoot Than Twelve Twenty

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I felt I had an opportunity to follow in the footsteps of great soul musicians of the past, who made a lot of social and political commentary through their music.

~Aloe Blacc

Topics: Commentary Felt Follow Footsteps Great Had Lot Made Music Musicians Opportunity Past Political Social Soul Through Who

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You were doing a TV show - you don't realise that you're also making social commentary at the same time.

~Amber Benson

Topics: Also Commentary Doing Making Realise Same Same Time Show Social Time Tv Tv Show Were You

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I love a smart, well-written show, and '30 Rock,' well, you can't get any better than that. Tina Fey poos funny. There's nothing that she does that isn't funny. That show is an example of how brilliant she is. It's so smart. They've done some brilliant commentary about the 'Housewives' with 'Queen of Jordan,' their show-within-the-show.

~Andy Cohen

Topics: About Any Better Brilliant Commentary Does Done Example Fey Funny Get Housewives How Jordan Love Nothing Queen Rock She Show Smart Some Than Tina Tina Fey Well Well-Written You I Love 30 Rock

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