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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Funny People," says Shandling, for whom Apatow worked as a writer on The Larry Sanders Show in the mid-'90s. "That philosophy is, We're all doing the best we can in life. It isn't easy. It's just a little funnier than Buddha Buddhism." When I ask Apatow if he sees himself having a career like those of two filmmakers known for the dramedy mode - Woody Allen and James L. Brooks, who made Terms of Endearment and Broadcast News - he gets way more excited about the Brooks comparison. "Woody Allen isn't very hopeful about human beings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking Judd Apatow Seriously | 7/30/2009 | See Source »

...ask me do I think it's worth it? Of course, it was my grandmother. So anything that would relieve her pain or her suffering or extend her life in a way that she wished is something I wanted to do, and I would have paid for it out of pocket if I had to. But not every family is going to make those same decisions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME's Exclusive Interview with President Obama | 7/29/2009 | See Source »

...ask you, if you go to the polling, which I'm sure you never do, but if you ever did - No, actually, on this - I will confess: I don't spend a lot of time looking at my polls. I do look at the polling on health care, partly because I think that there is a terrific case to be made to the American public. But it is - this is complicated, it's difficult. Without giving you a hard time, Karen, because I think you've been terrific in reporting this, the press gets bored with the details easily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME's Exclusive Interview with President Obama | 7/29/2009 | See Source »

...just ask, every time you say, "If you like what you have, you can keep it," I wonder what about if you don't like what you have? What if you think your employer's plan is too expensive or you don't like the doctors that are on the list? The House and the Senate have two different approaches on this. Here's what we're trying to balance. On the one hand we want to make sure that employers don't dump their coverage and try to just put the burden onto the government. That's been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME's Exclusive Interview with President Obama | 7/29/2009 | See Source »

...residents have begun an open-ended hunger strike, Kia added, until Iraqi troops withdraw from Ashraf, U.S. troops assume control and the perpetrators of the attacks are tried and punished "in an international tribunal on the charges of crimes against humanity." Those are big things to ask for and unlikely to happen anytime soon, especially given that the U.S. military is looking to untangle itself from Iraq...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Tehran's Bidding? Iraq Cracks Down on a Controversial Camp | 7/29/2009 | See Source »

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