Joel Benenson Quotes
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There are just so many young designers now.
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Alaska itself is an unusual state.
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I am not fearless. I get scared plenty. But I have also learned how to channel that emotion to sharpen me.
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Any concept of one person being superior to another can lead to racism.
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When you're in theater or the circus or film - to me it's all one - affairs happen. People fall in love.
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A lot of people forget how important it is to be creative. We get caught up in getting ahead and in day-to-day minutiae. But creativity is a fundamental mode of expression, as is being tenacious and standing by your own convictions and passions, even if it's not the 'popular' choice.
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If there is any country on earth where the course of true love may be expected to run smooth, it is America.
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Jim Brooks is a very powerful director and it was a lot of intense work.
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If I'm playing a gig in London, it feels so important. The adrenaline rush here is bigger than anywhere else. I kind of like the pressure that London puts you under.
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The soul is your innermost being. The presence that you are beyond form. The consciousness that you are beyond form, that is the soul. That is who you are in essence.
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I used to think that the Civil War was our country's greatest tragedy, but I do remember that there were some redeeming features in the Civil War in that there was some spirit of sacrifice and heroism displayed on both sides. I see no redeeming features in Watergate.
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I never felt like I wanted to have kids until I could be home and be a daddy, and those are the things that I didn't have.
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If we can soften our hearts, and if we can access the pure and simple aspect of our nature, then we can regain the realization that everything we need is already inside us and anything is attainable.
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I want to ensure and the Government wants to ensure that Australia is well prepared to tackle dangerous climate change with a scheme which is both responsible and which meets our international commitments.
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'Aqualung' marks the point at which I had the confidence as a songwriter and as a guitar player to actually pick up and play the guitar and be at the forefront of the band. It's also the album on which I began to address religious issues in my music, and I think that happened simply because the time was right for it.
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I've never really fit in anywhere.
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I had a national and international reputation. I had written the history and articles. So I brought to the Trotskyist movement some international reputation.
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'E.T.' was the movie that made me want to make movies in the first place, and it was the first movie that made me focus on writing instead of what happens in the movie.
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Study the history of revival. God has always sent revival in the darkest days. Oh, for a mighty, sweeping revival today!
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Many of our problems are home-grown. Gordon Brown regularly advised the rest of the world to follow his British model of growth. But the model was flawed. It led to the highest level of household debt in relation to income in the world.
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I'm a harsh critic, you know? I am.
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One of the issues I think is very important, in many communities of color, there's a stigma about mental health. We find that the shaming that comes from acknowledging that one may have some issues that may relate to mental health, often people are not willing to go and seek additional help because of that shaming or that cultural stigma that's associated with it. And I think that we need to make this change in how people approach mental health.
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I was born to be alone, and I always shall be; but now I want to be.
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I'm still a hard-edged reporter, but I'm an optimist. I'm a perpetual optimist.
