Eric Bentley Quotes
Fashion, which elevates the bad to the level of the good, subsequently turns its back on bad and good alike.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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You can oppose reparations all you want, but you got to know the facts. You really, really do.
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The Chinese are really good at diplomacy - and even at making their interlocutors feel very uncomfortable.
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My life is black and white and mixed. My mother's a Rastafarian, my dad was a short white guy - it's not an affectation. It's also the lives of millions of people throughout the world.
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I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. I just really, really amused myself and my friends with memorizing entire George Carlin or Steve Martin albums.
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When you carry out acts of kindness you get a wonderful feeling inside. It is as though something inside your body responds and says, yes, this is how I ought to feel.
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The end of my playing career was May 28, 2017. That, for me, was an historic day. I'll carry it with me forever. It will be hard to explain to people the feelings and emotions I felt that day.
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I was sitting alone in a grim mood – furious that the press attacked Senator Edwards on the price of a haircut. But it inspired me – from now on, all haircuts, etc., that are necessary and important for his campaign – please send the bills to me... It is a way to help our friend without government restrictions.
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When Elvis was performing, you just tried to figure out a way to get there. I think he set all the records and anyone that has ever had the good fortune to see him, you know what it's like to try to get in to see Elvis. It was impossible, practically.
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I simply wanted to get through college as quickly as humanly possible. I had no interest in extracurricular activities or anything that required me to be social. I was allergic to people.
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The past is the beginning of the beginning and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn.
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I hear a little firecracker go off when you come up with a good rhyme.
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I'm honored to be one of the guys that is seen as a leader of this great team - a team that has stood the test of time. AKA is one of the only teams that has been around since the beginning of the MMA explosion, and it's a huge honor for me to be named captain.
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Whom am I going to trust if I have to back again.
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I'm sentimental about many things: the lumpy feel of a baby's unused feet, the metallic smell of the air before the first snow, the last scene in 'It's a Wonderful Life.' But Valentine's Day leaves me cold.
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For example, I loved English and history at school. I would have loved to have done a degree in either. But my Mom said I didn't have time for university.
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I can no more think of my own life without thinking of wine and wines and where they grew for me and why I drank them when I did and why I picked the grapes and where I opened the oldest procurable bottles, and all that, than I can remember living before I breathed.
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Behind every successful man you'll find a woman who has nothing to wear.
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I struggled for many, many years following 'Music and Lyrics' - I mean really struggled.
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In baseball, you can't kill the clock. You've got to give the other man his chance. That's why this is the greatest game.
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I'm trying to stay as healthy as possible but there's no pressure to be really skinny. No. That's just a bit wrong.
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I spent most of my time with adults because although my parents were older when they had me, they're really like teenagers. I sort of became the third musketeer.
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I would also say Barack Obama has spent much, much, much, much more money than the Republicans.
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Fashion, which elevates the bad to the level of the good, subsequently turns its back on bad and good alike.
