Jack Valenti (age 82 & just now retireing "on my own terms") on how he survived three years in the Johnson administration & 40 years as the movie industry's top lobbist in Washington where no one can recall anyone ever having said a bad thing about him:

"I've always played it on top of the table because I believe that is the smart thing to do. You never lie, you never cheat . . . and you always repay a favor".
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Seems a pretty radical way to conduct business in Washington . . . hls