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"As one who was a prosecutor for many years, I can tell you that having a tape recording of interrogations would help everybody. It would make clear if there had been improper pressure exerted on a defendant or witness, and it would also protect the interrogating officer from false claims that such pressure had been brought to bear."
"I'll say this about the war protesters: At least most of them are only putting duct tape across their mouths so I can still tell the rest of them to blow it out their ass."
"Many of my characters first came through to me as voices. That's why I use a tape recorder."
"The lesson that I'm learning is that I've got to be careful of being pigeonholed because people can take a piece of tape and edit out the first half and only pull out one snippet that could start a firestorm."
"So I'll put on my bob marley tape And practice what I preach Get jah lost in the reggae mon As I walk along the beach"
"The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie."
"I used to be so hard on myself. So hard on myself. Just my own worst critic to the nth degree. Absolutely undermining my confidence in every moment. Bad tape in my head all the time."
"I ain't never far away from a pencil and paper or a tape recorder."
"Arnold Schwarzenegger is in trouble after tapes surfaced of him saying negative things about other Republicans. Actually the Schwarzenegger tapes surfaced last year, but they weren't deciphered until this week."
"We all often feel like we are pulling teeth, even those writers whose prose ends up being the most natural and fluid. The right words and sentences just do not come pouring out like ticker tape most of the time."
"I listened to a lot of tapes of British theatre actresses and tried to learn from them. As Americans, we don't have such a gift with language."
"It's real difficult to pin down directions. I just want to do collaboration-tape stuff."
"Duct tape. Perfect weapon; so many uses."
"The gods have chosen to entertain me with chronic eyestrain headaches. Very poisonous episodes. So I don't do a lot of reading anymore except on tape."
"All schoolchildren are hostages to red tape and fiscal insufficiency."
"I wish I could print up a sign and tape it on my forehead. I OFFICIALLY DO NOT WANT TO KISS ETHAN WATE. NOW PLEASE LET ME BE FRIENDS WITH HIM."
"And we broadcast tapes sent to us from Americans against the war. These were most effective I believe."
"Lone women shouldn't stop in the middle of nowhere for giant unkempt strangers with duct tape on their faces."
"I think Pro Tools is pretty analogous to how people composed music on tape back in the 70s, taking little fragments of things and saying, 'How can we organize these in a sensible way'?"
"When I listen to those tapes now, the real cocaine shows; there's just nothing special about their content."
