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“I refuse to buy a PS3 or Xbox for my home for fear that it might ruin my life. I think I would cease to accomplish anything productive, would quickly dispense with all human contact, and would very well end up with a nasty case of arthritis in my over-used digits from constant gameplay.”

Quote by Beau Willimon

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Beau Willimon is an American playwright known for his works that focus on politics, power struggles, and human nature. Born on October 26, 1977, Willimon's career began with work on the television series 'The West Wing', which laid the groundwork for his later success. His most famous work is 'House of Cards', an adaptation of Michael Dobbs' novel of the same name, which tells the story of an ambitious politician in Congress. The series has received widespread acclaim for its deep portrayal of political corruption and its nuanced depiction of power dynamics. more

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“In politics, it's very theatrical. There’s a lot of stage craft. The campaign is trying to tell a story that they want people to believe in, and candidates are playing the role, like actors, by a creative personae that people will be attracted to.”

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“It's a rough and tumble game whenever power is involved - people's ambitions, their desires, their competitive spirit will often push them to play outside the rules. It's dramatic, it's interesting, and I think it's something we can all identify with to a degree.”

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“In Washington, if you're a congressman or a senator or the President, you make much more money than the average American, but you'd think that if you were the leader of the free world you'd be making major bank, and you don't.”

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“When you have both parties who will not find ways to compromise, who won't meet in the middle, you have paralysis. It's the perversion of idealism.”

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“You just have to re-wire your brain when you’re shifting from the stage to the screen, or the silver screen or the HD flat screen.”

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“Is self-interest a bad thing? We want our leaders to be pure and good, but at the same time we want them to be effective, and to be effective you often have to be ruthless and not bound by ideology or the same morals that we pretend to hold ourselves to.”

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“At home I mostly stick to online Scrabble, or chess or Risk - games I find far less addictive than the spectacular games created for consoles these days. But, whenever I get the chance I head over to my friend Kyri’s house to play his PS3.”

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“In the best possible scenario, whenever you get notes from people, they're good notes, and they see things that you wouldn't have seen otherwise, and they make you a better writer.”

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