Rene Balcer quotes
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“I write about power, that's my real subject - how you get it, what you do with it, how you abuse it. I'm equally wary of liberals and conservatives.”
-- Rene BalcerSource : Le Devoir, September 14, 2009.
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“Justice is a jagged road.”
-- Rene BalcerSource : "Law & Order: Criminal Intent". Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2001–2011.
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“It's not enough to do good. You have to be seen doing good.”
-- Rene BalcerSource : "Fictional character: Arthur Branch". "Law & Order: Criminal Intent/ In the Wee Small Hours: Part 2", November 2005.
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“Bad guys do what good guys dream.”
-- Rene BalcerSource : "Fictional character: Detective Robert Goren". "Law & Order: Criminal Intent", www.imdb.com. (2001 - 2011).
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“The more I know, the less I sleep.”
-- Rene BalcerSource : "Fictional character: Alexandra Eames". Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Pilgrim, TV Series, www.imdb.com. 2002.
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“Beauty, brains, and a complete psycho. My dream girl.”
-- Rene BalcerSource : "Fictional character: Detective Mike Logan". "Law & Order: Criminal Intent", m.imdb.com. (2001–2011).
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“Nobody's reasonable when they're in love. That's the whole point of it.”
-- Rene BalcerSource : "Fictional character: Robert Goren". Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Crazy, TV series, www.imdb.com. 2002.
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“In L.A., the only thing within walking distance is your car.”
-- Rene BalcerSource : "TV's Top 50 Showrunners". The Hollywood Reporter, September 9, 2010.
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“I'm sympathetic to the decent and hapless footsoldier into whose lap falls the unenviable duty of carrying out fubar policies.”
-- Rene BalcerSource : "The People v. The Torture Team: Six Questions for Law & Order’s René Balcer" by Scott Horton, harpers.org. October 5, 2009.
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“Torture injures everyone who comes into contact with it and corrodes the country that abides it.”
-- Rene BalcerSource : "The People v. The Torture Team: Six Questions for Law & Order’s René Balcer" by Scott Horton, harpers.org. October 5, 2009.
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“It is true that one of the first acts of tyrants is to erase history, to wipe out the recorded memory of a people. With that in mind, it's important to remember that the work that we do as writers, artists and performers will form an essential part of the collective memory that future generations will draw upon. And so we owe it to those future generations to defend that memory and be honest witnesses to our times.”
-- Rene BalcerSource : Speech to the "Central Academy of Fine Arts" in Beijing, December 8, 2009.
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“If you're going to play stickball in Canarsie you better learn Brooklyn rules.”
-- Rene BalcerSource : "Law & Order". Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1990-2010.
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