Helen Thomas The sudden ending of a White House career all seems so unceremonious for aides who have personally sacrificed a lot – and sometimes even bent their conscience – to do the president’s bidding. – Helen Thomas Aides Quotes Bent Quotes Bidding Quotes Career Quotes Conscience Quotes House Quotes Lot Quotes Personally Quotes Presidents Quotes Sacrificed Quotes Sudden Quotes Unceremonious Quotes White Quotes I can remember the morning after President Nixon won re-election in 1972. His chief of staff, H.R. Haldeman, called a Cabinet meeting and told the members: ‘You are all a bunch of burned-out volcanoes;’ and asked for their resignations. Maybe the Jefferson case will give members of Congress second thoughts the next time they get ready to legislate away the rights of ordinary Americans.
Herbie Hancock Clare Fischer was a major influence on my harmonic concept. He and Bill Evans, and Ravel and Gil Evans, finally. You know, that’s where it really came from. Almost all of the harmony that I play can be traced to one of those four people and whoever their influences were. – Herbie Hancock
Jane LeavyMedical The world is not kind to whistleblowers – a term of art with particular resonance in football, the most hierarchical and repressive of organized sports, a world of ‘systems’ and ‘programs’ and scripted plays, where reading a medical report requires a security clearance, and practice fields are patrolled like Guantanamo Bay. – Jane Leavy
Gene Wilder Sidney Poitier was directing a film called ‘Hanky Panky.’ And he said, ‘Do you want to come with me to New York to see Gilda Radner in ‘Lunch Hour’ on Broadway? I said, ‘I don’t need to see her, I love her. I’ve wanted to write something for her for a long time. So it’s OK by me.’ – Gene Wilder
Nina Jacobson When I love a book, I really love a book. You don’t get that very often. – Nina Jacobson
Robby Benson I have been doing voice work my entire life, and I adore it. It is really rewarding stuff. – Robby Benson
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