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For a decade or more after the Vietnam war, the people who had guided the U.S. to disaster decently shrank from the public stage. James Fallows
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It is the besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which the masses of men exhibit their tyranny. James Fenimore Cooper
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Until the public demands otherwise, the policy makers will continue to serve their financiers. James Hansen
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If you were a public official, you had to be accountable, and you had to be reachable. James Jarrell Pickle
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Watching people see your picture for the first time is such a public agony. James L. Brooks
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As the head of the public company, you can't say you can't sell, because then you're telling your shareholders that your own personal feelings about your assets are more important than their money. And they won't invest with you if you do that. James L. Dolan
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No, the Knicks are not owned by the public. The Knicks are owned by the shareholders of the company, of which I'm the majority shareholder. James L. Dolan
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I never stood in a public house bar and alcoholic drink never touched my lips. James Larkin
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When they are performing in front of the public, they ought to have a sensation that's relatively easy, if the technical and the interpretive work was done before. James Levine
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I've never been much for self-revelation. In two decades of public life, I always approached the limelight with extreme caution. Not that I kept my personal life off-limits; rather, the personal life I put on display was a blend of fact and fiction. James McGreevey
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As a child, recognizing my difference from other kids, I went to the local public library to try to better understand my reality. Back then, many library card catalogues didn't even list 'homosexuality' as a topic. James McGreevey
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Only whites were allowed by law and practice to attend the University of Mississippi - a public institution supported by public dollars. Anything public and supported by public dollars is for me. James Meredith
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To impose taxes when the public exigencies require them is an obligation of the most sacred character, especially with a free people. James Monroe
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The payments which have been made into the Treasury show the very productive state of the public revenue. James Monroe
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I am in the public eye, and I accept that my actions may be open to question. James Nesbitt
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These manly sentiments, in private life, make good citizens; in public life, the patriot and the hero. James Otis
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We vote - if the public votes 50 percent, we vote 70 percent. So we have a bigger impact with our numbers, and the organization and the manpower we can bring to a race. James P. Hoffa
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A man does not automatically become a public figure because he happens to build an empire out of chicken fat. James Pinckney Miller
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I'm not eager at all to present my life out there for public consumption. I like to do one or two films a year and then do what is absolutely obligatory in terms of promoting them. My life outside of films is vital to me. James Spader
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I'm looking forward to being able to retire from being a public figure and being able to afford to be myself! James Taylor
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Who elected Larry King America's grief counselor? We, the viewing public, did, by driving up his ratings whenever somebody famous passes. James Wolcott
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Sometimes that mantle is hard to adjust to wearing but we are at a stage that we are comfortable with it and we recognize how we are perceived and how the real core individual that each one of us has apart from the facade that the public believes that we are. James Young
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I think it's a mistake for the American public to constantly be told that if you work for an oil company or you work for a bank, that automatically makes you bad. I think a lot of these people are very qualified people who are patriots. They're going to want to help the country. Jamie Dimon
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The public health of five million children should not be left to luck or chance. Jamie Oliver
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The whole consideration of - ... am I being compared as such and such's grandson and son - that was minuscule compared to the problems I was having just working... I didn't have time to start worrying about who I was in the eyes of the public. Jamie Wyeth
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The beach is still a public place, and that's an amazing grace about Chicago. We have so many problems, but the water always stays. That inspires me and keeps me inspired about the city and keeps me hopeful. Jamila Woods
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