Jeffrey Toobin Quotes
The United States, like any great power, is always going to have an intelligence operation, and some electronic surveillance is obligatory in the modern world.
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One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black community.
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It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.
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As I see it, a green salad is an open invitation to carrots, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, and the sprouts that grow in jars on my kitchen counter.
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My parents have been with me every step of the way.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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How do you be a 45-year-old man in a rock band, do it well, keep your dignity and not become a parody of yourself? I don't think it will be simple.
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I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.
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It's good for kids to look up to sporting role models.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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I used to think drinking was the only way to be happy. Now I know there is no way to be happy.
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The good life, as it is popularly conceived, typically involves acquiring mastery in one's work, thus gaining for oneself better terms - or means to rewards, whether material, like wealth, or nonmaterial - an experience we may call 'prospering.'
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Iris Murdoch did influence my early novels very much, and influence is never entirely good.
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I do hope the success of 'Ms. Marvel' will open doors for other characters and other creators.
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I must be honest here; I don't think there's such a thing as 'unconventional' when it comes to YA. YA readers are the most open-minded in the literary world. They'll read anything.
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I've always wanted to work with dogs, so in high school, I worked at the Humane Society for a little while. I honestly think, even today, that would be the other career I would go into. Somehow I would be involved with animals.
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Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself.
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Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.
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America believes what's good for us is good for the world. It's very difficult to understand that that's not necessarily true.
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I'm not known for having great relationships with ex-girlfriends, but I've been able to continue one with (Gwyneth Paltrow) that's really valuable.
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Camped on a tropic riverside,One day he missed his loving bride.She had, the guide informed him later,Been eaten by an alligator.Professor Twist could not but smile.'You mean,' he said, 'a crocodile.'
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They would wake me up when I was sleeping, and say sing a song for our friends. I had a sweet voice, I had a nice little tenor voice. God knows what I sang, but my whole family would admire me.
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If you're in pop music, you've got to deal with the changing of the guard every few years. By the time the '70s arrived, I was well aware of the cyclical nature of the game. Pop music is a creature of the moment; it thrives on the mood of its time. Either you hook into that or you're not going to be part of it.
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The United States, like any great power, is always going to have an intelligence operation, and some electronic surveillance is obligatory in the modern world.
