Vladimir Bukovsky Quotes
Investigation is a subtle process, requiring patience and fine analytical ability, as well as a skill in cultivating one's sources. When torture is condoned, these rare talented people leave the service, having been outstripped by less gifted colleagues with their quick-fix methods, and the service itself degenerates into a playground for sadists.
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I have lived by one crucial principle since I was 24 years old. I don't blame or complain about things like the economy, the government, taxes, employees, gas prices, or any of the external things that I don't have control over. The only thing I have control over is my response to these things.
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I'm very close with Bob and his lovely, fabulous wife Catherine, too.
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I think America has a brilliant future.
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I was in graduate school. I had a birth control accident and went to get the morning after pill.
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The issue with Syria, I think for many of us, has always been about Iran. This is an anchor point for them in terms of regional domination. It means a lot to them. They are all in here.
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I like being friends with other women who are supportive of women. I think that is important.
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I have been interested in fashion since I was a kid. Then I lived in London, where it was more about costume and a personal statement of who you are than about fashion.
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The only thing documentary filmmakers have to work with, at least the way I make films, is trust. That's been true of everyone from James Carville and George Stephanopoulos to the kids in 'American High' to the soldiers in 'Military Diaries' to Anna Wintour to Dick Cheney.
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Playing hard to get is not the way to win me over. I'm definitely more for the girl who can smile and laugh all the time and just have a good time!
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I've always been about how will digital be transforming established businesses, and that's what I've done.
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I was a huge comic book fan as a kid. The only problem I had with comic books is how expensive they got. I didn't have a lot of money, so I had to be very specific about what I wanted to collect. I think they're all somewhere in the basement of my folks' house.
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Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.
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What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.
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In 1921, Harry Houdini started his own film company called - wait for it - the Houdini Picture Corporation.
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In China, you have to have a strong leader for a business to get anything done.
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A bad system will beat a good person every time.
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Acting has always existed alongside my normal life. It's been a case of learning on the job. I've worked in so many styles, with so many people, so I've picked bits up from everyone and everything.
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All my friends, they're all gone. I've outlived them all.
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There is no horizon in Toledo. There are too many trees.
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Because, first of all, we were becoming aware during that tour that there was a group of people that was following the band around, and they weren't interested in coming in to the shows, they were just interested in hangin' out outside and tryin' to break in.
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I was introverted, shy. But if you win a lot you need to be extroverted, or they'll think you're arrogant.
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Snapchat is a really intimate medium.
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Investigation is a subtle process, requiring patience and fine analytical ability, as well as a skill in cultivating one's sources. When torture is condoned, these rare talented people leave the service, having been outstripped by less gifted colleagues with their quick-fix methods, and the service itself degenerates into a playground for sadists.
