James R. Clapper Quotes
The Intelligence Community Assessment concluded first that President Putin directed and influenced a campaign to erode the faith and confidence of the American people in our presidential election process. Second, that he did so to demean Secretary Clinton, and third, that he sought to advantage Mr. Trump.
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Being Bob Marley's son has done many things for me, in terms of having a career in music. I'm very proud of my music, and I'm very proud of where I'm from. People hear that I'm Bob Marley's son, and they turn on my music to listen just out of curiosity.
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Experience is a legitimate issue when John McCain raises it about Obama, and it's also legitimate for us to raise it about Palin.
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Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero.
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Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones.
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I have been doing so much. Speaking engagements... producing... developing a half-hour sitcom... working on a movie... leading acting workshops all over the world... and hosting 'My Black Is Beautiful,' an empowerment TV show I'm doing on BET for women.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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It's nice for me to be in touch with a younger generation.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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I want to have an impact on my son.
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The nature of creativity is to make space for things to happen... We can drive it out with our busyness and plans.
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Any voices or fantasies, he lives with. Those are his everyday life things.
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It's not what you wear it's how you wear it, is what I say.
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A win for one is a win for all - and I'm not just saying that because Dumas did.
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Sales don't always have anything to do with good or brilliant or original. Sales are about appeal.
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The cruelest thing a man can do to a woman is to portray her as perfection.
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We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
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A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.
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But I've sure worked at jobs where I have been under inspection.
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Facts are important to me, not emotions. I would caution against speculation.
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Whenever I'm giving talks, I always ask people to think of the most obscure questions because I enjoy those the most. I always get the same questions: Why does Pickwick say "plock" and will there be a movie? I like the really obscure questions because there's so much in the books. There are tons and tons of references and I like when people get the little ones and ask me about them. It's good for the audience [and also] they realize there's more there.
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I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy.
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The town’s lack of special quirks was almost a peculiarity in itself.
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I go to a great church.
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The Intelligence Community Assessment concluded first that President Putin directed and influenced a campaign to erode the faith and confidence of the American people in our presidential election process. Second, that he did so to demean Secretary Clinton, and third, that he sought to advantage Mr. Trump.
