Annie Jacobsen Quotes
Since 9/11, the Justice Department has been widely criticized for one particular tactic it uses in fighting the War on Terror: it detains suspicious persons for long periods of time and puts them under heavy questioning before they are ever even charged with a crime.
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When you work with a legend as I do, it's wonderful. There's so many things I've learned working with Keith. He's so patient, not only with me, but with everyone in our crew and with the audience and with the game. He has a style that is so easy and will never be copied.
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I was a tough kid with the jeans, the concert shirt with the flannel over it, the comb in the back pocket and the feathered hair.
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The Hungarian people voted for NATO membership. We are active in the joint actions of NATO.
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We're not ever interested in repeating ourselves or doing what people expect us to do, it's such a turn off.
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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
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Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic.
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Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it.
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I had so many freckles that my mother used to say that they were kisses from the angels. I still have them.
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One element of Madonna's career that really takes center stage is how many times she's reinvented herself. It's easier to stay in one look, one comfort zone, one musical style. It's inspiring to see someone whose only predictable quality is being unpredictable.
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I have been, and will remain, outspoken in my insistence that Israel has a right to live in peace and security.
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I feel like I'm not the greatest general manager in the history of general managers, but I do OK, and I'm learning as I go. I try to just do my best with it.
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It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.
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I love researching, I love interviewing.
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I can get really nervous before a race. People will think this is mad, but sometimes I have got to the start line and thought, 'What if I can't do this?' But the minute I sit on the bike, I am like a different person.
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In 1975 I decided that there was no future in flying (airline jobs were impossible to get, and who wants a job where you are judged only by seniority?) and headed off to grad school.
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Personally I don't think solving corruption is such a big problem.
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I'm a big sports fan. College football is my favorite.
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You have to stay alert. You've got to keep raising your game.
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Writing has been an important exercise to clarify what I believe, what I see, what I care about, what my deepest values are. The process of converting a jumble of thoughts into coherent sentences makes you ask tougher questions.
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If you're pitching to investors for the first time and expecting them to be so blown away by how thoroughly amazing your pitch is that they write a check on the spot - well, prepare to be disappointed.
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Oh, I still like to play and I still play when I want to.
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This Party of ours has been on the defensive for too long. The time has come to counter-attack...The intellectual counter-attack is as important as the counter-attack in Parliament and in the constituencies. If we can win the battle of ideas, then the war will already be half-won.
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I'm endlessly putting myself on tapes for things over in America! I'm always sitting at home, learning lines, sending stuff to America.
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Since 9/11, the Justice Department has been widely criticized for one particular tactic it uses in fighting the War on Terror: it detains suspicious persons for long periods of time and puts them under heavy questioning before they are ever even charged with a crime.
