James R. Clapper Quotes
I had served in the Republic of Korea in the early '80s while I was on active duty as a director of intelligence for U.S. forces Korea, and kind of followed developments on the peninsula ever since.
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The Lebanese people voted this time for change. So they are not satisfied with the actual situation. They want to see a new government. They want to see a new vision.
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I'm kind of a private person.
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But I'm not objective when I'm acting.
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Governments take too long to get things done and there are far too many varied interests at stake. If you were starting a business today and needed a partner, you would never choose a large bureaucratic institution like the government.
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I have a very broad demographic, from the 8-year-old who knows every word to 'Ice Ice Baby' and the college kid who grew up on 'Ninja Rap' to the soccer mom and grandparent.
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Israel has a fantastic film industry, and many times we are known for our political films or films that have to do with the army. I love the fact that we can show that there are films coming out of Israel that are just for fun.
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Dance has always been my number one. I started when I was seven years old and I've had the opportunity to work with some really amazing artists.
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We look back at the 1990 Clean Air Act amendments, where people screamed and hollered it's going to be too expensive, they couldn't afford it, and it wouldn't work. And it worked. It worked faster than people expected, at much less cost.
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I'm inhabiting a life I'm not supposed to be in... and at certain times in my life, I have felt a wrongness. And not a moral wrongness but a sense that this isn't what I was born to be doing.
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Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess.
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When a project has an ample budget, I am interested now in using bigger units of materials.
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How do Ferrari know what I'm doing next year when I don't know what I'm doing next week?
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I get scared easily, so I'm not one for just sitting down with a bowl of popcorn and watching horror stories. But, I mean, I'm learning more. Maybe one day I'd like to be able to watch them.
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I like everything that people say. No matter what they say. You gay, you a punk. You got a nice girlfriend, you're ugly, you can't rap, you're the hardest.
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Honestly, I don't buy papers or the weeklies. I think when something messy does happen, you just need your closest friends and family all around you, and it's nothing to do with anyone else.
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I grew up outside of Boston in a town called Manchester by the Sea, and we spent our summers in Nantucket.
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Women need to know that not all guys are going to hurt them the way that the guy did before they started dating me. I know guys I wouldn't go out with.
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I don't think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I'm gay.
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"I want to be a lawn." Greta Garbo.
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Creating art and creating ourselves are the same act; art, world, ourselves - these are continuous with one another.
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Every shopaholic needs an accomplice.
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I was a jazz major in high school, in an all-jazz band. No matter what I do, it features my musical influences.
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I had served in the Republic of Korea in the early '80s while I was on active duty as a director of intelligence for U.S. forces Korea, and kind of followed developments on the peninsula ever since.
