James R. Clapper Quotes
For the record, in my long career, I've never knowingly exposed classified information in an inappropriate manner.
Quotes to Explore
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I wanted to be an author for as long as I can remember.
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The thing about women playing boys is that we're not going to age, and we're not going to go through puberty in the middle of a long-running series.
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The last time I had to make a career decision, I was 17. I could have gone to Ballet Theatre or National Ballet of Canada. There were options. But as I became exposed to the Robbins repertoire, I realized that there was a living genius in the house.
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When I first met Mandela, we did not discuss anything of substance; we just felt each other out. He spent a long time expressing his admiration for the Boer generals and how ingenious they were during the Anglo-Boer war.
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That's what film can do in a way that TV and other long-form storytelling can't. It gives you this very immersive moment.
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It's not often that the idea of continuing something for a potentially long period of time sounds exciting to me, because I really am a gypsy by nature.
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I've been in the public eye so long, I can't remember how it was when it was different - from my mid-20s onwards, when my career started to blossom and I became an international, world cups and things.
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Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
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In the 30 years of my career, I have explored all possible mediums, except radio.
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For a long time, I was a career woman and that was it.
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I've had more ups than downs in my career. All you can do is keep working. You still have to take enjoyment out of what you're doing, and things will turn, and my smile has always been there. In good moments and bad.
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Honestly, with me, as long as I have a park to play basketball in, I'm pretty cool.
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People have different takes on clothes and what to wear and colors and all that stuff, so why make a big deal about uniformity? It took me a long time to grasp that particular concept, simply because I was coming from the James Brown thing. Again, I wouldn't trade that experience for anything.
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If I've learned anything in my career, it's that nothing worthwhile in life comes easy. That's just the way it is.
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Having long hair has allowed me to enter orthodox or religiously conservative situations with slightly more ease.
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They kept me in short pants as long as they could, until they were shaving the hair on my legs because it was beginning to photograph.
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As often as you fail, get up and try again. God will never let you down, so long as you don't let Him down, and so long as you make the effort.
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Once in a while, when I'm out on the lawn, I'll jump around and do a couple of things. Here's a secret: The older you get, the more difficult it gets. The smallest little injury stays with you for so long. But that's how it goes, and it doesn't stop me. I'm always ready to do something that hurts a little!
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Who can worry about a career? Have a life.
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In the early 1970s, phone phreaks manipulated the long-distance system using blue boxes that they built from sketchy photocopied schematics that were often riddled with errors. Not many had the skill to do this. Phreaking was restricted to a select few.
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I taught guitar lessons for a long time for a living before I got on the road. I really enjoyed hanging out with kids, talking about music with them, and trying to influence them in a positive way.
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It's called showbusiness, and the business end of it is very important, especially now. You have to learn the business end of it; otherwise, you get ripped off left, right and centre.
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For the record, in my long career, I've never knowingly exposed classified information in an inappropriate manner.
