James R. Clapper Quotes
I think the founding fathers, in their genius, created a system of three co-equal branches of government and a built-in system of checks and balances.
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I think chalking up human behavior to evil lets us all off the hook too easily.
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I've been fortunate over my career to make a little history on the 16th hole at Augusta National.
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I like to build things. I like to do things.
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I know what it is like to fear violence. I understand the adrenalin rush that comes before violent confrontations. I write my scripts from an emotional point of view and direct so the audience can experience this adrenalin rush.
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If you're smart and you care about life, you'll take driving seriously.
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When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
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Thus, neither my government nor myself, personally, are without ideals and responsibilities.
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These days, the scientific community accepts me. But getting to that point was tremendously hard, and I think it required a big perception shift. When people have dedicated their lives to something - and spent eight years in college - they just expect that a kid wouldn't be up to doing it.
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Cancer is something that, tragically, affects almost all of our lives.
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I always got nervous the nights we played in the World Series. First pitch, I was nervous. Then after that, forget it; I'd start playing.
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My generation's parents told their children, 'Become an accountant, a lawyer, or an engineer; that will give you a solid foothold in the middle class.' But these jobs are now being sent overseas. So in order to make it today, you have to do work that's hard to outsource, hard to automate.
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I'm not interested in disposable music.
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A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason.
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I hate to wait. When I want something, I want it now.
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I was really blessed with parents who never said I couldn't do anything. And now I reflect as an adult on that, 'Wow, they never told me no!'
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The Chanel woman? I don't even need to see; I smell her from round the corner.
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I think it's always good for the author to stay a good cattle prod's distance from the actual moviemaking.
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Conservatives used to believe in confronting hard truths, not succumbing to comforting fairy tales. Some still do.
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I do remember reading the script of 'The Nightmare Fair' and looking forward to doing it.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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Miracles happen. They have happened to me and they are happening to you. You need only look to the people in your lives in order to see them.
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Every kid's dream is to play for their hometown team, watching when you're younger and stuff like that. It's awesome to be able to be from Miami and play for the Marlins because I was at the stadium as a little kid watching the game.
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I think the founding fathers, in their genius, created a system of three co-equal branches of government and a built-in system of checks and balances.
