Bruce Bennett Quotes
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We wrote 'Olive Kitteridge' as six hours, and they asked us to make it in four.
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When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.
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After spending three years of my life looking into this, I am more convinced than ever that the U.S. government's responsibility for the drug problems in South Central Los Angeles and other inner cities is greater than I ever wrote in the newspaper.
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The claim made by Team Obama that every dollar in stimulus translates into a dollar-and-a-half in growth is economic fiction. The costs of stimulus reduce future growth. No country has ever spent itself to prosperity. The price of stimulus has to be paid sometime.
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You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.
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We had to get serious and hit all aspects. We had to graduate. That's what you got to do: reach all people across the nation.
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I put Tabasco sauce over everything. Or I put it on pretty much anything that wouldn't taste gross - I mean, I wouldn't put it on salad, but I like it on fried chicken, nachos... a lot of stuff.
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Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
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Life is not easy in politics.
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I'm honestly not the kind of person who wants to step up to a podium, test the microphone and be like, 'Hey, I'm homosexual and this is who I am, hear me roar.' That's not who I am.
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Since I became Secretary-General, five years ago, I have seen youth participate at the United Nations as never before.
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A lot of people have a sense-of-entitlement mentality that somebody else ought to do these things for them. People are mad at the government for not getting jobs for them. I don't understand why it's the government's responsibility.
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Part of spiritual and emotional maturity is recognizing that it's not like you're going to try to fix yourself and become a different person. You remain the same person, but you become awakened.
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One day, I'll be listening to a bunch of Ray Charles, the next day it's nothing but Red Hot Chili Peppers. The next day it might be Tupac all day.
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The end is in the beginning and lies far ahead.
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Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our experience comes from our foolishness.
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When you strengthen women, you strengthen the world.
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What we did not imagine was a Web of people, but a Web of documents.
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I think it's horrible that people have to be told. Don't smoke! Everybody knows it's bad for the health. But they have to forbid it.
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Before, I was so stupid. But, you know, when you have friends who died on the street, you say, okay, let's calm down. It's not the kind of energy I want to have in life. I want to go slower, and longer.
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Most of the suicide hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, a place not lacking in wealth. But due to rapid population growth, the wealth per capita has fallen by about half in a generation.
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I grew up watching 'Raging Bull.'
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I wouldn't even hold my kids sometimes because I didn't want them to spit up on me when I was dressed for an awards show.
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There was only a single sharpshooter up in the trees to keep the croc away from me.
