Jake Tapper Quotes
CNN wants me to tell the news in a way that seems genuine and authentic. They don't want me to be Ron Burgundy.
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I was a little hesitant at first because there's so many ways you can get 'Straight Outta Compton' wrong. You know, it's such a great story; it's such a classic tale. I was a little nervous 'cause it's like a very narrow road to success with that type of story - you got to get it right - but when I read it, I was pleasantly surprised.
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I like hip-hop, but I don't like concerts. There's, like, sweat on people's backs.
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Actually, what will be shown from here to eternity will be Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr cavorting on the beach. 'From Here to Eternity' must have seemed like a chore to its director, Fred Zinnemann.
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My parents and my brother instilled in me my sense of humor. That's kind of the way we communicate with each other, and it's always been a way for me to get to know people.
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Women are able to fit public service into their lives. Once they find out they like it and can do it, there is plenty of room to grow.
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I go to the pub, hang out with my family - that's pretty much it. I also do a lot of sports when I get the chance. I'm actually a pretty mellow guy.
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I like children; I like 'em, and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them.
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One and one is two, and two and two is four, and five will get you ten if you know how to work it.
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Critics should think about how the opening weekend audience might want to discover some surprises for themselves.
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I prefer to underplay scenes rather than, you know, be big and drive them. And sometimes you have to do that, but I like the more natural styles.
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I was home-schooled for my entire high school experience, so I never went to prom.
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My friends gave me the first songs which was the first food in my soul for me.
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I also found being called Sir rather silly.
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There's some places where, I don't know if they're fiddle fans, or Natalie fans or if they just love Celtic music, but there's some places where there's just awesome crowds.
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One thing I'm not going to do is chase staying alive. You spend so much time chasing staying alive, you won't live.
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Despotism is the only form of government which may with safety to itself, neglect the education of its infant poor.
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Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
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Before doing my first open mic, I was sitting in the back watching all these comedians banter back and forth and fire jokes and up each other, and I thought, 'This is where I wanna be.'
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Jesus did not promise to change the circumstances around us. He promised great peace and pure joy to those who would learn to believe that God actually controls all things.
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The bigness of the world is redemption. Despair compresses you into a small space, and a depression is literally a hollow in the ground. To dig deeper into the self, to go underground, is sometimes necessary, but so is the other route of getting out of yourself, into the larger world, into the openness in which you need not clutch your story and your troubles so tightly to your chest.
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I listen a lot to rap, and I'm inspired to take it, to use it in another way, to get the message across.
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CNN wants me to tell the news in a way that seems genuine and authentic. They don't want me to be Ron Burgundy.
