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      "text": "Also - and it gives me no pleasure to report this, Sparky - studio and network are certainly not invested in furthering your self-concept as a put-upon genius suffering a confederacy of dunces hellbent on holding back your brave attempts at self expression.",
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      "text": "So there you go: two good reasons not to be the kind of showrunner who doesn't liberally share credit for success with his or her staff. One, it makes you sound like a fucking douchebag. Two, it makes you sound like an INCOMPETENT fucking douchebag.",
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      "text": "Maybe it was your daddy who told you this instead of letting you know that he loved you, and so you feel like you must now follow his lead just in case it really is running out. But it's just not true. And, in all honesty, now that we are really getting to know one another, I'm really starting to think that your daddy is just not a good source for truth.",
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