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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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 can look at a photo and the dimensions of any piece and tell you if it's going to sit well with the four other pieces in your room.
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With 'Gone Girl,' I sat down, and suddenly the end credits were rolling; you just become so engrossed in it.
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I feel blessed and humbled that people have loved my music. Nothing would be possible without their acceptance.
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When things become peculiar, frustrating and strange, I think it's a good time to start painting.
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I have believed for a long time that human nature is a reciprocity of what is inside the skin and what is outside: that it is definitely not "rolled up inside us" but our way of being one with our fellows and our world. I call this field theory.
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Donald Trump is trying to build a wall. I'm trying to burn walls down and build more bridges.
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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.
