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Given the well-known anti-Americanism of the Cuban and Venezuelan governments, rallies in Havana and Caracas cannot be considered representative of public opinion in the hemisphere.


Dan Erikson

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DAN HAWKINS After school I moved to London to get involved in music. I took the whole thing very seriously.
DAN HAWKINS When I need to nail that riff to the cross, Marshall will always provide the hammer!
DAN HAWKINS You have to keep going. The main attention is for us to stay alive and stay a band. You only really ...
DAN HAWKINS I taught myself how to play the guitar. I never studied music.
DAN HAWKINS Loads of computer graphics equals a terrible video in my book.
DAN HAWKINS I think we raised about 20,000 pounds. There was a live performance thing so we thought we'd don...
DAN HAWKINS The concept of doing holiday episodes is a huge part of what's fantastic about doing TV. And vie...
DAN HARMON Well, the average person comes home from work really tired, and just wants to flip through channels ...
DAN HARMON My passion for 'Star Trek' is actually rooted in my love of television and the art of franch...
DAN HARMON I love '30 Rock.' It's one of my favorite shows. It's certainly the gold standard of...
DAN HARMON TV in all its ugliness can be a beautiful thing.
DAN HARMON The public's perception of your show is what it is, and you don't get to complain how people...
DAN HARMON Class clowns are never allowed to date anybody decent, but you don't get beaten up, you're i...
DAN HARMON When you watch the sitcoms that were the big hits when I was growing up, TV was still just TV. It wa...
DAN HARMON I wish that television would stop selling our hatred of ourselves, and start seducing us with our lo...
DAN HARMON If your ratings are high and there's money being made, you're allowed to be a perfectionist ...
DAN HARMON People often ask me about what constitutes a nerd-friendly show - like, does it have to have sci-fi ...
DAN HARMON I don't think it's going to be possible for the next generation of writers to tell stories w...
DAN HARMON Maybe I am just a jerk.
DAN HARMON Television is a populous, derivative, democratic medium.
DAN HARMON I don't really have a lot of appropriate feelings for people on an individual basis, but I'v...
DAN HARMON Eight o'clock is hard no matter what network you're on because people have to make a decisio...
DAN HARMON Emotionally, shows like 'Cheers' and 'Taxi' were classic sitcoms when I was growing ...
DAN HARMON There are lots of emotions that go with the Fourth of July.
DAN HARMON I feel like I am a good person and a professional, very able leader of men.
DAN HARMON I care very much what the fans think. I'm starting to loosen my grip on caring about what critic...
DAN HARMON I really like performing for people.
DAN HARMON The movie industry is committed to working with the technology sector to find innovative new ways to...
DAN GLICKMAN I'm someone who believes the only way to see a movie is in a big theater, on a big screen, with ...
DAN GLICKMAN