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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.
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I like to have something to base a role on.
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Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.
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Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him.
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All Americans need a sense of place. That's what makes our physical surroundings worth caring about.
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I think people I'm close to find it absolutely crazy that I'm famous.
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There are people who can never forgive a beggar for their not having given him anything.
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There's a whole set of values, spawned by the vocal and highly visible Republicans, that appeal to the worst in people. Our society is moving in that direction.
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Eventually, I went to college to study psychology, but I was getting more and more TV roles, so I thought, 'You know? It's kind of like psychology, but a little more selfish.' I took a break from school, moved to L.A., and never went back.
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Sometimes, an afternoon spent in bed with someone can be the most important thing in the universe.
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On Friday, June 12, 1992, 110 heads of state gathered at Riocentro. They were indistinguishable in dress and deportment. Where was biodiversity when we needed it?
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Lightly from fair to fair he flew,And loved to plead, lament, and sue;Suit lightly won, and short-lived pain,For monarchs seldom sigh in vain.
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She was not a person who would allow the system to dictate her life.
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You will come in any case - so why not now? How long I wait and wait. The bad times fall. I have put out the light and opened the door for you, because you are simple and magical. Assume, then, any form that suits your wish, take aim, and blast at me with poisoned shot, or strangle me like an efficient mugger, or else infect me - typhus be my lot -
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If you're going to think mean things about me or not be a true friend, then we don't need to be friends.
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Many of us, both Jews and Christians, want the public square to be pluralistic, which is neither partisan nor naked.
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If I had been thrown out into a radio tour when I was 18, or 17, and given a record deal, I don't think... it would have been a total nightmare.
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The will is not free to strive toward whatever is declared good.
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It seemed to me that I had barely reached the Court when people were trying to get me off.
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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.
