Jodi Benson Quotes
For me, I was able to make that statement of faith early on when my career began, so there weren't really a lot of surprises. People around me knew where my husband Ray and I stood as far as my faith went.
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I don't really measure success by anything other than if I am happy. That is success to me. Am I happy waking up every morning? And despite the challenges of running my own business, do I look forward to going to work? Absolutely.
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But we must create in each person a sense of responsibility in order that each one of us can have the right to enjoy all his rights.
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The FHA literally drew up the redlining map and then basically distributed - I'm sorry, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation actually did it, and then distributed to banks who used that as policy to determine how they would lend and who they would lend to. The racism in the system was pervasive and total.
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It's a trifle hard to surprise yourself with a story you've written.
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I work in a very contained environment, usually.
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My most cherished desire is to help our women come out of their routine chores and infuse in them the indefatigable spirit of adventure.
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I've never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.
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Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.
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It's a good thing I don't read everything Eddie says, or I'd be up in arms and not enjoying my life.
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'SVU' is one of my favorite shows. When I got the call to appear and play myself, I jumped at the chance. Obviously, I went over my lines, but playing yourself is a really great way to get your feet wet in the acting field. I enjoyed being on set and learning as much as I could about the scripted world.
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An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.
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Sometimes, whether you like it or not, people elevate you. It's real easy to fall.
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People tried to make me something that I wasn't at the beginning of my career.
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To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success.
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I used to draw and make plastic figurines and watch 'Wallace and Gromit' films.
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I think Bush has a very selfish, arrogant point of view. I think he is interested in power, I think he believes his truth is the only truth, and that he will do what he wants to do despite the people.
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The highest percentage of African Americans own their own homes today than ever in our nation's history.
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I think anyone who's ever gone through adolescence and wanted something from their parents knows the basic tenets of a con.
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Anyone who says you can't see a thought simply doesn't know art.
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If we were bees, ants, or Lacedaemonian| warriors, to whom personal fear does not exist and cowardice is the most shameful thing in the world, warring would go on forever. But luckily we are only men — and cowards.
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More people need to understand the games secular liberals play. Here's one rule-of-thumb: No matter how bad a story sounds - particularly if it sounds bad - recognize the pattern of defamation.
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I am very happy when people write that they have worn out my books, or that they are held together by Scotch tape. I consider that the ultimate compliment.
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For me, I was able to make that statement of faith early on when my career began, so there weren't really a lot of surprises. People around me knew where my husband Ray and I stood as far as my faith went.
