James Fallows Quotes
No one ever really 'learns' from history, because choices never present themselves in exactly the same way, and because you can always choose similarities and differences to fit current needs.
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I will do today what others won't so I can do tomorrow what others can't.
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The government would be able to go to court with respect to newspaper articles, broadcast pieces and the like that they thought were bad or harmful or even against the government and try to block them.
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When you're told to go brief a United States senator on a covert operation, you go do it. And you trust the information isn't going to leak.
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Treasure the things about you that make you different and unique.
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The single most important thing that I feel responsible for is that the company cherishes the work.
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I've always thought Juliette Lewis was great.
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I gave up years ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it's a phantom chase.
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Art lies by its own artifice.
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In talking to you I feel very much more at ease than my colleagues who gave the speeches during the banquet.
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I've done some really off-the-wall stuff and stuff that people might not expect. That's one way to work through people's expectations of you.
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I was the girl that didn't go to prom or my graduation because I was too busy working with producers and making music.
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I think tattoos are horrible. It's like living in a Pucci dress full-time.
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You get so weak from eating pears that you fall down, and then they come and take you away on a stretcher.
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The University of Southern California has a wonderful social work department, and I was thrilled to find out that they have a whole veterans' initiative program there. They approached me, and I set up a scholarship that would go to a military-oriented person to learn techniques and skills to better help veterans.
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The people of Iran have had to endure repressive laws that have stifled their freedom of speech and religion for too long.
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If members of the security apparatus could, with impunity, keep from those elected by the people that which they're entitled to know - or worse, feed false information - those who could control the classified data could be the real decision makers.
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Really, the '70s and '80s were a blur.
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I think that role model is kind of a weird thing because obviously you are, but I try to make good choices and good decisions for myself for me to have a good life. If that inspires someone else, that is great, but I think you should do good for yourself and your own happiness.
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We were working on 'Senna' for a long time before we were fully financed, so we didn't actually have an editor for a while.
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When you're dealing with music without words, titles are more a means of identification than anything else. What's the point of getting lofty?
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Madonna is untouchable. She is absolutely lovely. On a personal level, she's everything you would expect. She's so down to earth.
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There's a need to keep the history of an artform going, parallel with the new work that's being done.
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I struggled with depression when I was in high school, and I remember thinking that if I got a record deal and got a hit song, that it would solve all those problems for me.
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No one ever really 'learns' from history, because choices never present themselves in exactly the same way, and because you can always choose similarities and differences to fit current needs.
