Barton Gellman Quotes

Most people inside the bureau believe that the blown opportunities to head off 9/11 would not recur today. Even among the FBI's doubters, few disagree that the bureau has come a long way.

Barton Gellman

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TodayPeopleBelieveOpportunities

Many have been ruined by their fortunes, and many have escaped ruin by the want of fortune. To obtain it the great have become little, and the little great.

Johann Georg Zimmermann

GreatWantBecomeLittleFortune

The job numbers are positive. We've had more jobs created now than were lost during the recession. We're seeing that the creation, we're seeing those numbers not only grow but shift toward the private sector and shift toward full-time employment and these are all signs that the recovery is taking some hold but we're not out of woods.

Stephen Harper

PositiveJobWoodsGrowSeeingLost

An audience is going to be able to find a little bit of Dorothy in themselves and relate to this woman.: roles like Dorothy Day are so rare in Hollywood.

Moira Kelly

DayWomanFindHollywoodAudience

Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.

Brendan Gill

LifeSeriousEvidenceFavorIdea

Incidents of racial bias and implicit bias happen to African-Americans of every social class daily in America. White people seldom notice or dwell on these as they encounter the quotidian events of their day.

Anthea Butler

DailyDayPeopleAmericaWhiteBias

To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.

Pierre Corneille

RevengeCrownHatredDisasterTake

What I keep going back to, and what keeps me going, is trying to do good in whatever little spot of the world we can influence, no matter how small.

Susan Fowler

GoodKeep GoingMeWorldSmallBack

I think that sometimes, romantic comedies have to be really broad, and that the plot of people falling in and out of love or whatever is not enough. 'Enough Said' had that stuff, but I wanted it to be fun and funny while also grounded in reality.

Nicole Holofcener

FunnyLoveRomanticFunPeopleSaid

Many players want to make as much money as they can and change teams for ten grand. How is that going to make much difference to their lives?

Ryan Giggs

ChangeMoneyWantDifferenceGoing

Tolkien made dwarf sign language because, you know, it's too loud to talk in the mines.

Richard C. Armitage

LanguageYouKnowTalkBecauseSign

On television, there isn't much scope to do different roles. I try to bring some new shades to my roles, and I try to play them differently. I think I have been able to manage that pretty well.

Mouni Roy

ThinkTelevisionPlayNewTryBring

I used to wear Clark Kent glasses, ever since I was in college. I used to have those Army-issue glasses, and they used to be those black glasses Clark Kent used to wear. And I wore those for years.

Mark Valley

CollegeGlassesBlackYearsWear

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