Barton Gellman Quotes
There's a long history of private-company cooperation with the NSA that dates back to at least the 1970s.
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A lot of people asked me if it was frustrating not having a clear specific diagnosis, but I didn't mind, I just chose the most optimistic diagnosis.
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As I've traveled around the country, it has surprised me how many times I've heard people in small businesses use that word 'saved.' I believe many small businesses would not have had access to credit and would not have survived without the $50 billion that we were able to put into the market.
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I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.
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These statements about torture, about alleged misuse of power and things like that, insulted the Filipinos more than their leader because it was made to appear as if Filipinos would tolerate a leader who would torture his own people, who would utilize his executive prerogatives for abuses.
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Lipgloss is my calling!
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Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something.
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I want to be promoted in the urban areas. A lot of African-American people should know more about me.
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
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An old building is like a show. You smell the soul of a building. And the building tells you how to redo it.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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Honestly, all the sweets and bad stuff on set don't really call to me because I'm working so much. I've trained myself to stay away from sugar.
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Survival requires us to leave our prejudices at home. It's about doing whatever it takes - and ultimately those with the biggest heart will win.
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There's a lot of garbage, and then there are those ones that just stand out so incredibly. You fight for those roles; you do everything in your power to get it.
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It has been a great working experience with Sreenu Vaitla.
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The grass is always greener on the other side - until you get there and see it's AstroTurf. Symbols are never reality. Someone might have amassed material success and fame, but that doesn't mean they're happy. So, don't go judging a person's life by the cover.
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South Africa is labouring to find its revolutionary path; the colours of the Rainbow Nation have difficulty blending together; the wealthy elites (white, black or Indian) profit from de facto segregation.
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I went over to shoot for six days. It turned out to be ten days, very nicely so. A little money.
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Unless you consider yourself some sort of human brand, which I don't, you have to deal with the fact that different people are going to like different aspects of your work. It's not consistent. I am not consistent. But I feel OK with that.
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[Bacteria are the] dark matter of the biological world [with 4 million mostly unknown species in a ton of soil].
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The most talented do not always end up as celebrities, and those with less talent often do. Upsets are written into our history and occur around us every day.
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The chapter of knowledge is a very short, but the chapter of accidents is a very long one.
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Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic.
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I'm happy to say that I'm a lesbian in the world. I know there are people who don't want to be called women comedians, but I think it gives a path to the fact that we live in extremely patriarchal times.
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There's a long history of private-company cooperation with the NSA that dates back to at least the 1970s.
