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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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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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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We need to intensify cooperation with civilized governments all over the world to combat the common threat of terrorism.
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Black and ugly as ever, however I stay Coogi down to the socks, rings and watch filled with Rocks.
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Five tankers-and the only time I had to put my hand in my pocket was to scratch my balls.
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I'm a big Otis Redding fan, Al Green, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye. My hero is David Bowie. But I like the Beatles, the Stones.
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Being single used to mean that nobody wanted you. Now it means you're pretty sexy and you're taking your time deciding how you want your life to be and who you want to spend it with.
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I take a lot of pictures.
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We're so used to financing things on our own that we always have a plan in place to sort of scale our ideas.
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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.
