Clive Davis Quotes
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I don't want the news to be patriotic. I don't want to see flags on the lapels of the anchors. I don't want any of that.
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I'm not saving lives.
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And I guess I have a face and a look that sort of lends itself to period costume!
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The Internet is programmable information. The blockchain is programmable scarcity.
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I was in Charlotte, N.C., when they launched the NBA team there, the Charlotte Hornets. And the first guy to roll into town was Carolina native Michael Jordan.
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When I race in Australia or Korea or Japan I know it will be a big change for me because Ferrari fans are worldwide.
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My heart is as pure as the driven slush.
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Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time.
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White House officials acknowledge in broad terms that a president's time and public rhetoric are among his most valuable policy tools.
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I know this independence is what people like most about my brand.
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Right out of high school I never had the fear of getting beat, which is how most people lose.
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Someone told me just recently that poets are eulogists. It's their job, to eulogize. I didn't know that, but it makes sense. Because in almost every poem of mine there is a loss.
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When people ask for time, it's always for time to say no. Yes has one more letter in it, but it doesn't take half as long to say.
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You know, I spend most of my life turning things down. There's a lot of crap out there.
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I compete in a sport on an individual basis, but I have never done it for me.
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There is more for women in terms of character roles now. Judi Dench and Maggie Smith have constantly changed over the years and challenged themselves with different roles. That's impressive.
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I never have celebrity crushes.
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I was meant to be a composer and will be I'm sure. Don't ask me to try to forget this unpleasant thing and go play football – please.
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The death of my daughter is a subject I talk about briefly because there is nothing more tragic.
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I make my songs slightly abstract so that people can interpret them their own way. I think that's a lot more special, so you can hear a song and think, 'I feel exactly that way,' even if it wasn't written for that feeling.
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The girl in the tight black dress was passing by us now, eyeing Wes and walking entirely too slowly. "Hi," she said, and he nodded at her but didn't reply. Knew it, I thought. Honestly," I said. What?" Come on. You have to admit, it's sort of ridiculous." What is?" Now that I had to define it, I found myself struggling for the right words. "You know," I said, then figured Kristy had really summed it up best. "The sa-woon." The what?
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Lately, the only thing keeping me from being a serial killer is my distaste for manual labor.
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I think my biggest triumph as an artist has been navigating the music industry and being able to stay true to who I am and create the art that I want to make.
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To this day, there's nobody, nobody that sounds like Janice Joplin.
