Jake Tapper Quotes
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Look at how hard it was to get to where I am. It doesn't make sense to give it up.
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I am not honest.
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I think punditry serves no purpose.
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I'm a huge Disney nut. I have been since I was a little kid.
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The first time I thought I should be an actor was in school. I thought, 'At least this is something for which I won't have to study.' But I've realised that an actor needs to be constantly unsure about what he's doing and about what's going on around him. The moment you think you've nailed it, you're dead.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man.
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Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute.
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I love this country very much, and I'm proud to live here, but I think our current administration is extreme. These are not merely conservative people, these are extreme right-wing people.
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I'm not into solos, I'm into lyrics.
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Let someone else be the world's greatest actress. I'll be the world's greatest baseball fan.
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If you're feeling blue, lock yourself in a room, stand in front of a mirror, and dance - and laugh at yourself and be sexy. Dance the silliest and ugliest you've ever danced. Make fun of yourself and try to recover your sense of humor.
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In metros, girls are very independent, conscious and aware. But in the interiors of our country, where education is not given importance, they continue to be oppressed. But it is important for every woman to acknowledge what she wants from herself rather than going for what people expect from her.
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Never forget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes on and on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.
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I wanted to act; that was my one goal. I wanted to devote all my time to acting and not waitressing or anything else.
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I know it's surprising, but there is a generation of people who haven't seen a Bond movie. They have no idea what it is. I want to entertain them as much as anyone else.
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I like men with some belly who are a little over the hill.
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Living in Cape Breton, it's really all about fiddle music, so it's not like there were other instruments out there that tempted me and it was like I had to decide which one. It was automatically fiddle, because it's the predominant instrument in Cape Breton Island.
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Always keep yourself engaged, in theater, in whatever job you can get.
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My plan B, if acting doesn't work out, is to work with disabled children.
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I'm afraid I don't believe there is such a thing as blasphemy, just outrage from those insecure in their own faith.
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My whole life I've hated to lose, no doubt about it. I've been guilty of that since I was 6 years old, at camp. I have always played to win. That's who I am. But I never hurt anybody. The problem is when you're perceived as being too aggressive where you hurt somebody or do something improper.
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I wanted to reveal how genetic code is translated into protein. I knew a great application could be for antibiotics, since half of the useful ones target the ribosomes, but I didn't believe I could contribute to it. It was like the next Mount Everest to conquer. It was my dream to contribute something to humanity.
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Equating brutality and despotism with leadership is not an American value.
