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Trey Gowdy
Related As MBA professors endlessly tell their students, companies do best when they stick to what they do w... JEFFREY KLUGER I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES I don't believe in a personal god. It's good to give thanks, whether or not there's a go... WILLIAM T. VOLLMANN I don't know that there's any rhyme or reason to bullying... it's not even the bully'... DOVE CAMERON It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON I don't know why, it's the same reason why you like some music and you don't like others... JERRY GARCIA I don't know why I'm alive but I know there's a reason for it. DAVID JOHANSEN There's a cardinal rule that you don't talk about sharks. If you don't see it, it's ... MARK WARKENTIN I always find Victoria's Secret models a bit weird. EDIE CAMPBELL When a film is successful, you don't need to shout about it from the rooftops. I don't belie... EMRAAN HASHMI There's no reason the Rangers can't get to the top. TOM HICKS After you do this for a while, you get used to things not working the way you want them to. There... D. B. WEISS About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only... RICK RIORDAN It's very unusual on 'Game of Thrones' for there to be a deleted scene because the scrip... ALEX GRAVES I don't want to be someone's reason to hate their life. I want to be someone's reason to... NICK VUJICIC One reason I don't suffer Writer's Block is that I don't wait on the muse, I summon it a... PIERS ANTHONY I don't think music is my job - I don't think about it that way, because I don't really ... CASS MCCOMBS Every employee needs to know that there's somebody out there that they serve. And when we don... PATRICK LENCIONI I don't feel there's any reason to apologise for having a wicked imagination. I think it'... CLIVE BARKER I'm proud to say that I was that guy playing the character of Dr. Burke on 'Grey's Anato... ISAIAH WASHINGTON I don't dwell on success. Maybe that's one reason I'm successful. CALVIN KLEIN There are certain things that I know I don't want to do anymore. Playing out-and-out terrorists ... ART MALIK I don't play anymore, because I know I'm not going to be a pro golfer. So there's no rea... ZACK GREINKE I don't think there's any reason in journalism not to approach stories we cover with humilit... DAVID GREGORY That's one of the reasons I moved to Florida. Of course, the main reason is the weather and the ... MARTINA HINGIS It doesn't matter the kind of music, it doesn't matter whether it's a cowboy hat or a ya... DAVID LEE ROTH That's the only reason I'm here. I don't need to play the game for any other reason than... DREW BLEDSOE I'm just going to be myself; there's no reason for me to try and go out there and put a cert... PAIGE VANZANT I don't think there's anything in the compromise that means that there's a clash of ethi... PETER SINGER There's something about losing friends, particularly young people, where it's not something ... CHRIS CORNELL There's no reason we shouldn't have 15 or 20 Johnny Rockets in Dubai. DANIEL SNYDER Sometimes I make things that people have very strong responses to. Whether that's art, I don'... BEN KATCHOR I chose not to put a wig on. The reason why I chose to come out with the cancer thing is because the... SHARON JONES The reason I use ed is that I don't want to lose what's on the screen. BILL JOY The only reason to be in politics is public service. There's no other reason. Frankly, if that... MALCOLM TURNBULL What's incredible about 'Hamilton,' and the reason you can't get a ticket, is becaus... LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA I have a very open mind. I believe that there's a spirit world. I believe that there's a lot... ANTHONY HEAD I'm very happy at CNBC. It's the passion, it's the movement - there's a lot of movin... RICK SANTELLI There's something sort of intrinsic in being a Southerner that doesn't go away. You can'... NATALIE ZEA I've got a few ideas," (Amy) admitted. "But I don't know where we're going in the long term. I mean ... RICK RIORDAN There's something that's sexy about a guy who has the strength to kill somebody, but is also... EVAN PETERS There's no reason we can't all live harmoniously together, and that's what I would say t... CHUCK NORRIS There's a long record here of being wrong. There's a good reason for it. There are probably ... DAVID KAY I just don't get death at all. Yes, it's there. But I don't get it. MANOLO BLAHNIK If you don't believe there's some organising principle, or somebody up in the sky pulling th... MICHAEL SHANNON There are a couple of things that I'm sure people don't think are important, but I do. I don... AARON SPELLING A sociopath doesn't warm up their environment, doesn't make it cozy. They don't have to;... WALTER KIRN I don't think there's any reason on Earth why people should have access to automatic and sem... JOHN HOWARD There's no difference between fame and infamy now. There's a new school of professional famo... RICKY GERVAIS Before 'Grey's Anatomy,' I was doing musicals, plays, commercials, you name it. CHANDRA WILSON There's a mindset of flexibility and adaptability that comes with us. We don't mind hardship... JAMES F. AMOS Regardless of the business aspect of things, is there a reason that there isn't a female Hitchco... BRET EASTON ELLIS You have to be in movies that make money to be offered work. Basically that's the equation. Ther... ALESSANDRO NIVOLA I like to go from mainstream movies to more artsy films. I don't sign on for the money. Maybe I ... FAMKE JANSSEN But if we can manage it so people don't have things forced on them that they don't want, I t... K. ERIC DREXLER What's hardest for me to swallow is when there is a love story, say, with a really high-profile ... HALLE BERRY There are people who don't respond to color. That's what painting is. It's color. LARRY POONS For whatever reason, various outlets and individuals are committed to making the world think that yo... J. COURTNEY SULLIVAN I don't think the mainstream media understands people of color are multidimensional. For some re... ISSA RAE Alas, I think I am becoming a god. TITUS Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name. LUCAN I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate. LUCAN If you don't believe in something, you'll fall for anything. I believe everything happens fo... ERIC DAVIS My favorite role is mommy. I know that sounds cheesy to people who don't have kids, or there are... VANESSA LACHEY I believe there's - now, don't get me wrong; I'm not prejudiced - there's some white... CHARLIE SIFFORD Don't you love it that Prince doesn't use Twitter? Don't you think he's somewhere on... BRUNO MARS For some reason I've been labeled that and it's fine, but there are a lot of other artists t... ALAN JACKSON The system is that there is no system. That doesn't mean we don't have process. Apple is a v... STEVE JOBS There's a lot out there for me to learn that isn't in college, so I think it's fine for ... TAYLOR PHINNEY I don't believe there's two sides to every story. It's black and white. There's righ... JOE WURZELBACHER I'm actually not a big fan of the word hope. I think it's a depressing word. I don't wan... KELLY CLARKSON I don't know what it is about me. I don't know if there's something strange... but I con... LAURA VANDERVOORT Don't you know there ain't no devil, it's just god when he's drunk. TOM WAITS There's just something about vampires that's sexy. It's the same reason why women go for... NINA DOBREV A dirty player is somebody who ultimately is trying to hurt somebody. There's a huge difference.... NDAMUKONG SUH There's not anything, I don't think, that I can do or accomplish. DREW BREES I don't think 'my way or the highway' works, that mentality. And that's what the Tea... PATRICK MURPHY I don't compare shows. It's very simple. I don't live in the past. If there's any se... HAROLD PRINCE There's a presumption that somehow you calculate beforehand whether something is going to be goo... BOB BROWN There's a reason God didn't give me this success in my 20s, because I'd have blown it. BILL ENGVALL There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't do any business from ther... COLONEL SANDERS There's a reason publishers don't build on top of social platforms: publishers are an indepe... JOHN BATTELLE Whether you like it or not, you're forced to come to the realisation that death is out there. Bu... CLINT EASTWOOD I don't have the wherewithal to judge God's will. I don't have the wherewithal to determ... AMUL THAPAR I just didn't want to get out there anymore; I didn't want to get back into what I call '... GEORGE W. BUSH The reason we wouldn't make a seven-inch tablet isn't because we don't want to hit a pri... STEVE JOBS You can't compete with hip-hop. That doesn't mean I don't want to be as big as a rap sta... BRANDON FLOWERS I don't think there's much point in bemoaning the state of the world unless there's some... PETER SINGER I don't want to be thought of as somebody who's spiritually ambiguous, but the reality is th... SHANE CARRUTH I remember someone once said there is a practical aspect to my designs, and I remember thinking, ... KATE SPADE There's an expression in Australia that's called 'Go Bush,' which means to get out o... CATE BLANCHETT There's no reason you shouldn't, as a writer, not be aware of the necessity to revise yourse... JOHN IRVING Michael Emerson is just a prince. There's something about him. He's so sweet. I don't kn... SARAH SHAHI
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