Dennis Banks Quotes
Most importantly, the meaning of spirituality lays the seeds for our destiny and the path we must follow.
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I think people can tell when you're pandering to them, and they feel insulted. I think that one thing that is really nice about the work that I do is that I can just sort of make mistakes or try out different ideas or be inconsistent and be vulnerable.
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The more you are getting older, you lose a little something. Of course there is another advantage, because of your long experience you can use it.
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It is nasty. You can think that you know someone in this business and you really don't. You can be stabbed in the back very easily. You can be praised very easily. It doesn't matter who you are or what you do.
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I know what I want to achieve in each book and the major points, but I don't plan right down to the chapters. I think that the characters write themselves in some degree.
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If they wish to alleviate the sufferings of the exploited classes, let them live up to their pretensions, let them abandon the academy and go out there and work politically and economically and in a humanitarian spirit.
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What impresses men is not mind, but the result of mind.
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I never knew motherhood could be so truly gratifying until I had Natasha.
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We're going to test with the same car, but we have a new car ready.
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I don't know, the word 'famous' just sounds really weird to me, because I'm just me.
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It's awfully nice when people thank you for the pleasure and laughter you've brought to their lives.
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When I did '1,2,3,4' on 'Sesame Street' they'd rewritten the song and made it about counting. At first, I balked. I was like, 'Counting to four? That's where we're going with this?' Then they sent me appearances by other people like James Blunt doing 'You're Beautiful' as 'My Triangle.'
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There should be no censorship of mail.
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Laughter is regional: a smile extends over the whole face.
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The pursuit of perfection always implies a definite aristocracy, which is as much a goal of effort as a noble philosophy, an august civil polity or a great art.
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I try to get the best performance an actor can give.
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I love to act, but business is more interesting because it's more competitive and involves more people. There's more 'now' mentality and energy. Intellectually, it's a lot more interesting.
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The only big things I've purchased are my dad's heart valve and a Rolls-Royce for my parents, for their anniversary. And that was only because my dad had a Lady Gaga license plate on our old car and it was making me crazy because he was getting followed everywhere, so I bought him a new car.
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The State of Israel is a state that was formed before the people were even in it. You have to understand: In India, in Burma, in Pakistan - all of the people were already there. Their problem was for the English to leave so they could be independent.
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But I'm not crazy about the designers like Prada and Gucci. I hate going into designer stores.
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How much would you pay to avoid a second Depression?
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I think doing shows with other R&B artists like myself brings the attention to the crowd. You can't just do those one artist shows anymore. I don't like just me being on the show.
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No, painting is not interior decoration. It is an instrument of war for attack and defense against the enemy.
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One can not start by saying that our earthly destiny has or has not importance, for it depends upon us to give it importance.
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Most importantly, the meaning of spirituality lays the seeds for our destiny and the path we must follow.
