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“The first time I read Marx, all I knew was he had given rise to this [Soviet] system that was supposed to be more or less the devil's work. It's disconcerting to read what he had to say and see that a lot of it was very human and very decent and didn't seem to be the work of the devil at all.”

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Joe Weisberg

Joe Weisberg is an American television writer, best known for his work on the series 'The Americans', which tells the story of a Soviet spy couple living in the United States during the Cold War. The series has received critical acclaim and Weisberg has been nominated for and won numerous awards for his work. more

“If you're 14 and you're skinny, you can't be on the football team, basically. It's just not even really possible. But skating is something that you can do that gets that athletic urge satisfied, but you get to do it on your own terms. You can be as ballsy as you want to be. It was perfect for me.”

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Author:James Mercer

“There's something artistic about skating. A psychologist could tell you exactly why that is, but I think there's something much more expressive that gives you a lot of room for unique and individual expression. Whatever you're interested in can become something you kind of own in your group of skater friends.”

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Author:James Mercer

“I suppose, if someone was into baseball for an extended period of time during their formative years, they're always going to be interested in it.”

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Author:James Mercer

“My dad's a prominent theatre director in Toronto, so I grew up in that world, directing and producing theater since I was a teenager. I always loved movies but they seemed too complicated until I got a job as an assistant on a movie-of-the-week and the technical process became demystified, like peeking behind a magician's curtain. Not long after that I switched to movies and never looked back.”