Kurt Eichenwald Quotes

I think it's wrong for the government to subpoena records from journalists involved in national-security reporting (particularly since I do it myself). I do believe it has a chilling effect on the ability to gather news about potential abuses masked by inappropriate classification.

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• I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.

  

  Dan Fogler
  • Up
  • Period
  • Movies

• I was hired because I am Zsa Zsa Gabor, but when I go to work, directors try to force their methods on me. John Huston's intense, precise directions tortured me.

  

  Zsa Zsa Gabor
  • Work
  • Force
  • Directors

• Advertising is the price companies pay for being unoriginal.

  

  Yves Behar
  • Pay
  • Price
  • Advertising

• Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.

  

  E. W. Howe
  • People
  • Desire
  • Talk

• I thought I'd be doing weird, Off Broadway theater after I graduated.

  

  Laura Harrier
  • Thought
  • Weird
  • Doing

• One of the things I like best about the Halloween show is that I change outfits about six times in the show. It is a lot of fun to play the different characters.

  

  Nancy Kerrigan
  • Different
  • Fun
  • Change

• My mom and I have always been really close. She's always been the friend that was always there. There were times when, in middle school and junior high, I didn't have a lot of friends. But my mom was always my friend. Always.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • School
  • She
  • Friends

• There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another.

  

  Edouard Manet
  • Nature
  • Lines
  • Colour

• Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Girl
  • You
  • Waiting

• Flip through the channels, and there is no denying it: The world of cable news - and their network chat-show brethren - is very, very white.

  

  Rachel Sklar
  • World
  • News
  • White

• Everyone is going to have to step up to the plate.

  

  Warren Rudman
  • Up
  • Going
  • Everyone

• If you want to be a generous giver, you have to watch out for selfish takers.

  

  Adam Grant
  • Want
  • You
  • Selfish

• I have some property. We have a few acres, so I like working on it, whether it's cutting stuff down, cleaning stuff up, building steps, or working with concrete, you know, brickwork.

  

  Ed Harris
  • Up
  • Know
  • Cutting

• No organization should be allowed near disaster unless they are willing to cooperate with some level of established leadership.

  

  Irwin Redlener
  • Leadership
  • Organization

• Everybody does their homework, and we all come together and just knock it out. There are adjustments to make, and if you have actors who are collaborators and who really know how to listen and be in the scene together, than it works out beautifully.

  

  J. K. Simmons
  • Together
  • Know
  • Homework

• He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Impossible
  • Decisions

• Einstein's results again turned the tables and now very few philosophers or scientists still think that scientific knowledge is, or can be, proven knowledge.

  

  Imre Lakatos
  • Think
  • Knowledge
  • Results

• The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do.

  

  Damon Hill
  • Important
  • Me
  • Learn

• Since man cannot live without miracles, he will provide himself with miracles of his own making. He will believe in witchcraft and sorcery, even though he may otherwise be a heretic, an atheist, and a rebel.

  

  Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • Believe
  • Atheist
  • Miracles

• I used to be a professional kiteboarder. People were like, 'Oh, my God, are you scared of sharks? Are you scared of injuries?' You can't be scared. If you're scared, then you can't do it. You can't train to be the best.

  

  Maika Monroe
  • People
  • God
  • Best

• Eurybiades lifting up his staff as if he were going to strike, Themistocles said, 'Strike, if you will; but hear'.

  

  Plutarch
  • Up
  • Lifting

• Other people are not medicine.

  

  Amy Poehler
  • People
  • Medicine

• I think it's wrong for the government to subpoena records from journalists involved in national-security reporting (particularly since I do it myself). I do believe it has a chilling effect on the ability to gather news about potential abuses masked by inappropriate classification.

  

  Kurt Eichenwald
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