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Incarceration didn't change me. In many ways, incarceration galvanized me. The totality of the experience helped me.


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ROGER STONE Sometimes miraculous films come into being, made by people you've never heard of, starring unkno...
ROGER EBERT I wouldn't like to meet Daniel Craig on a dark night if I'd said anything bad about him.
ROGER MOORE When I went to Hollywood, I had to work out in a gym. The idea was that I should look like Daniel Cr...
ROGER MOORE Nothing good comes in life or athletics unless a lot of hard work has preceded the effort. Only temp...
ROGER STAUBACH Look at the greatest dressers in history - Philadelphia socialite and diplomat Angier Biddle Duke, S...
ROGER STONE I never want to lose. I hate to lose... But Babe Ruth struck out 1,300 times. You can't hit the ...
ROGER AILES It's an awesome responsibility, not only to maintain the level of success the NFL has, but to bu...
ROGER GOODELL Audiences are shifting. Platforms are shifting. Ages are shifting. It's better to be in charge o...
ROGER AILES Growing up in Ohio and just being kind of an average guy from flyover country - my dad was a factory...
ROGER AILES We can now have action movies with two stars where one might be African American and one might be As...
ROGER EBERT I have a soft spot for Joe Biden. I like him. But he's dumb as an ashtray.
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