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    The Signs

    Rob Long talks about the most famous maxim of show business – Nobody knows anything – and why it's true and why the opposite – Everybody knows everything – is also true.

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    By Rob Long • Jan 24, 2013 • 3m Listen

    "Nobody knows anything," is the famous maxim from William Goldman's book Adventures in the Screen Trade, which is the best book ever written about show business, and you know that has to be true because I've written two books about it myself, and I'm a writer, so if I could get away with it, I'd say William Goldman's book is the third best book ever written about show business...

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      Rob Long

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