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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This is the way the world ends, not with a bang, but a whimper.
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My great grandma, she's in her 80s, so she tells me a lot about the things she's seen. I learn a lot from her.
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From 17 to 21, I was obsessed by sport and art. In art, I loved the pre-Raphaelites and Rembrandt first. Then I discovered Salvador Dali, and it was like finding something I already knew.
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There is a wide difference between the original thinker and the merely learned man.
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I've often said to myself, "Thank God I can write, 'cause this is hilarious." I actually wanted to go into all that more in the book, but my editor thought it was too crazy.
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To this day, there's nobody, nobody that sounds like Janice Joplin.
