Benjamin Wittes Quotes

The reason the FISA standard is constitutional is that the government is supposed to use FISA surveillance not for criminal investigations but for counterintelligence probes pursued under the president's authority to conduct foreign policy.

Benjamin Wittes

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'Raising Arizona' is maybe my favorite comedy of all time. What's great about it is that as slapstick as it gets, it has great moments of emotion and caring. Them bringing the baby back and Trey Wilson's character. I love that, man.

Joe Carnahan

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Dinner 'conversation' at the Cohens' meant my sister, mom, and I relaying in brutal detail the day's events in a state of amplified hysteria, while my father listened to his own smooth jazz station in his head.

Andy Cohen

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Even though there's a lot of horror from Asia in the American cinematic tradition, I hadn't seen Asians at the center of it.

John Cho

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Since natural selection requires a function to select, an irreducibly complex biological system, if there is such a thing, would have to arise as an integrated unit for natural selection to have anything to act on.

Michael Behe

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I don't have a publicist.

Steve Zahn

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It is development, not poverty, that causes upheaval and terrorism.

Robert D. Kaplan

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I visit English country churchyards where historical figures are buried.

Robin Gibb

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A low budget is uncomfortable.

Lukas Haas

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I think people need fantasy, but I think they also need to know that they're not being lied to. I think sometimes the fantasy can betray people and become more difficult for people's lives than just truth. I can't stand delusion. Delusion makes me sick.

Derek Cianfrance

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I see myself as a traveller.

Annie Lennox

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Modern society places an emphasis on individual responsibility, whereas Islam places an emphasis on collective responsibility and the family.

Pim Fortuyn

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One girl used to call me Brownie and tell me to go back to my own country. At lunch, I'd get a bag of chips from the vending machine and eat it in the storage room so I wouldn't have to see her.

Priyanka Chopra

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