Clive Davis Quotes

My years with Aretha Franklin have been very special, as were the years making records with Dionne Warwick. Other highlights include working with Janis Joplin, who was the first artist I ever signed, as well as Patti Smith and Alicia Keys.

Clive Davis

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Hollywood can be a really tough environment for anyone trying to make a living. Unfortunately for actors of color, namely Asian Americans, opportunities have been and remain substantially limited. One place this is not the case is on 'Hawaii Five-0,' where we have three Asian American series regulars and a landscape rich with diversity.

Ian Anthony Dale
The French are pretty thin-skinned. The few times I mentioned a French writer in 'City Boy,' the relatives would ring up in high dudgeon. I once wrote a mocking review of Marguerite Duras in the 'New York Review of Books,' and good friends of mine in France got very angry.

Edmund White
- Up
- Good
- Friends
Kim Jong Un came in as a fresh face, so I think there's a great disappointment that he's playing the same game as his father.

Barbara Demick
- Great
- Father
- Game
After being nearly eradicated from the lower 48 states by the 1960s, bald eagles were re-introduced to the Adirondacks in the 1980s, and I'm proud to report the view from my home indicates they are flourishing in upstate New York.

Frances Beinecke
- Home
- Proud
- New
One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.

Victor Hugo
- Ideas
- Army
- Brainy
I like to have something to base a role on.

Sam Heughan
- Like
- Something
- Role