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“I'm a happy person! I guess I'm not as much of a pessimist as most documentary filmmakers.”
“I never say I make documentaries. I say I make television.”
“For me, if I was walking down the street and saw a politician, I'd cross the street and walk the other way intentionally, just to not have to talk to them.”
“No one ever won betting against Nancy Pelosi. You've got to give her credit, no matter what you think of her.”
“As a documentary filmmaker, I couldn't afford to give my children the lifestyle I had in San Francisco growing up.”
“San Francisco is not a boutique - it's a center of commerce.”
“I get that Republicans have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to turn my last name into a curse word.”
“I may live in liberal America, but I know that this is not the only America.”
“No matter how holy and righteous you are, you're still gonna have to kiss up to the billionaire for the check to get yourself elected to change the laws. Even if you're Bernie Sanders.”
“There's a certain attitude that you'll experience in San Francisco. You could call it hubris.”
“Income inequality isn't sexy.”
“My husband is a Dutch television correspondent. He's not taking any job away from an American. Because I don't really think there are any Americans that can speak Dutch and explain American politics to a Dutch audience.”
“MSNBC is barred from my household. CNN is barred from my household.”
“I don't have camera crews. I don't have sound guys. What you see is what you get: just me and my camcorder.”
“Towns have to evolve. Towns have to grow up. But not at the expense of the real people.”
“I mean, you can forget about George Bush or Jerry Falwell. You can't forget about a homeless kid.”
“I hate to be the one to defend George Bush, but you have to be able to disconnect the professional George Bush from the personal George Bush. I know all the anti-war folks think he is a monster, but he is still a very personable, nice person.”
“Government has to produce affordable housing. Government has to produce answers.”
“I'm not a part of the political industrial complex.”
“I believe that if everybody spent their next vacation in a community in America with people they didn't agree with, they'd probably leave feeling a little more comfortable about the country they live in.”