Clive Davis Quotes
You don't have favorites among your offspring, and you don't among the artists you're involved with, but clearly among my most favorite was Patti Smith.
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I didn't agree with what Joe McCarthy was trying to do, but I sure did admire his methods.
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It was kind of good that I wasn't doing the Hollywood high life and stuff like that when I was 18, 19, 20, 21.
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Work hard. Laugh when you feel like crying. Keep an open mind, open eyes and an open spirit.
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I've never chased the dollar, I've always chased the reader's heart. I love having more readers. The more people who read it, the more thrilled I am.
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Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.
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Banks are concerned the central bank is imposing too many regulations. If the trend continues, we'll swing to heavy regulation. We need to have balanced regulation to encourage the economy.
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There are a lot of female directors in documentary, very talented. But it's always lower budget.
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I hope young athletes can imitate my good side only, not the bad side.
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I still owe a duty of loyalty to my clients and former clients, so I cannot specify which clients I did not especially find congenial, but the cause was the same.
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I try to have fun with the fans, try to have fun.
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I have a view that if you build something that's good, and you keep making it better, it lasts.
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My wife is unusually kind and generous, but she's no fool. You don't mess with her.
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Everybody will make mistakes, and for some that mistake will rise to the level of being a crime.
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The importance of certain problems concerning the facts will be inherent in the structure of the system.
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I see a New York where there is no barrier to the God-given potential of every New Yorker. I see a New York where everyone who wants a good job can find one. I see a New York where the people can believe in a grounded government again.
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That was one of the things that interested me about the character. He doesn't want to be a hero, and has no real desire to save the earth or discover aliens. He's sniffing around looking to see what will fall in his lap.
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Even when you are right, there are costs and taxes associated with being tactical. When you are wrong, there are opportunity costs.
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The heart ran o'erWith silent worship of the great of old! The dead but sceptred sovereigns, who still ruleOur spirits from their urns.
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I don't pretend to be an author or to know anything about writing. I'm doing this simply because Dr Reilly asked me to, and somehow when Dr Reilly asks you to do a thing you don't like to refuse.
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We need to intensify cooperation with civilized governments all over the world to combat the common threat of terrorism.
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I entered this glam world by luck. I wanted to join dancing classes since I was a child, but my parents never gave me the permission to do so, as no one in our family had ever chosen this path. Fortunately, I got my first break in a reality show easily due to my dance skills, so that way I have been lucky.
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I don't love the phrase 'balancing work and family.' It sets up this idea of scales of justice with work on one side and family on the other side.
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You don't have favorites among your offspring, and you don't among the artists you're involved with, but clearly among my most favorite was Patti Smith.
