James Clapper Quotes

The reason that ISIL was so successful, yes, it had to do with their capabilities and prowess on the battlefield, but they were dealing with a receptive constituency in northern Iraq because of the intense hatred of the Maliki government, which of course is imposing the Shia view on them.

James Clapper

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Author Biography

  • Author Profession: public
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 14, 1941

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I used to have hair so long, my nickname was Pocahontas.

Jessica Sanchez

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I have more perspective now, and am happier now. It's not that I don't want success, but I now know I can have success at a lower level and make much more money doing it by myself. I make $6 or $7 bucks a record vs. nothing off those other records.

Matthew Sweet

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One of my major goals off the field is to conduct myself in a way that... parents are proud to say, 'Oh yeah, look, he wants to be like Sonny Bill Williams.'

Sonny Bill Williams

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I can't putt. The reasons are infinite. When lining up a putt, I can't remember if the ball always breaks to the ocean or to the valley or away from Pinnacle Peak. And because I took up the game in Minnesota, in what is often called Middle America, I also grew up asking, 'To which ocean does it break?'

Steve Rushin

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It's my official role to represent BTS to the world, and it's been a chance for me to mature as a person, but behind the scenes, I'm just one of seven members, and I'm inspired by the others all the time.

RM

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When at home, I pray to all forms of Goddess Durga for health, wealth, peace, and prosperity for me and my family.

Roop Durgapal

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In 2008, when Lehman Brothers collapsed, we anticipated that Europe was going to have a very different bailout scheme than the U.S. because of their different political systems and different relationships between the central banks and the fiscal authorities.

Lou Jiwei

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I like kissable lips. A woman's lips must say, 'Come here and kiss me, Pops.'

Louis Armstrong

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I can find every jacket under the sun that I like. But I cannot find trousers cut the way I want them. They're all really tight at the bottom. Nobody does a boot cut on a trouser leg. It drives me crazy.

Jay Kay

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When you race a sailboat, the selection of your crew is just completely paramount. It's impossible to be an effective skipper if you don't have the right people working harmoniously in the right roles.

Diane Greene

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Audiences always sound like they're glad to see me, and I'm damned glad to see them.

Claudette Colbert

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Don't try to be different. Just be good. To be good is different enough.

Arthur Freed

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