A. C. Benson Quotes
It is often wonderful how putting down on paper a clear statement of a case helps one to see, not perhaps the way out, but the way in.
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When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
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I'm based here in L.A., but I think in the future I might consider settling down in Malaysia when I start a family.
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I'm in this band to give volume to various struggles throughout the world. To me, the tension in this band is a minimal sacrifice.
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When I speak out against the guns or against the big corporations, some of my friends say, 'Oh Yoko, be careful. These people have all the power.' But, you know, most people don't speak out because they are frightened.
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Every day that I live, I try to find the beauty in things.
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I don't know when I'm going to have time to be politically active.
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No matter how senior you get in an organization, no matter how well you're perceived to be doing, your job is never done. Every day, you get up and the world is changing; your customers are expecting more from you. Your competitors are putting pressure on you by doing more and trying to beat you here and beat you there.
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It caused more problems as a young kid, because the simple process of perceiving words on a piece of paper was hard for me. Many people think dyslexic people see things backwards. They don't see things backwards.
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The human being is flesh and consciousness, body and soul; his heart is an abyss which can only be filled by that which is godly.
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It's always about 'what have you done for me lately.' As players we see what is going on.
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My stance has always been that my issue compared to everything else going on in the world is really, really small. Once you realize that, you can get a lot more out of being a part of the solution.
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Directing plays lacked the immediacy and connection to real world events that journalism offered; journalism lacked the drama, theatricality and subjective storytelling of theater. It wasn't until I had the idea of making a documentary film about the 1992 presidential campaign that these two passions came together in 'The War Room.'
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Every true prayer is a prayer of the Church; by means of that prayer the Church prays, since it is the Holy Spirit living in the Church, Who in every single soul 'prays in us with unspeakable groanings'.
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Someone once told me that if you respect a person, listen to their opinion. And if you do not respect someone, then do not listen to their opinion. And that works both ways.
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The great triumph of the Sixties was to dramatize just how arbitrary and constructed the seeming normality of the Fifties had been. We rose up from our maple-wood twin beds and fell onto the great squishy, heated water bed of the Sixties.
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When we developed the 'Seinfeld' show, we took a bet on Jerry Seinfeld, who was not a household name. But Jerry had a voice. He was appearing on 'Late Night', on 'The Tonight Show', had some commercials out there, his voice of observational comedy, looking at the world around him, that voice was really starting to come into its own.
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I didn't have that thing that Michael Bolton did; my star power - my charisma - was not a match to my writing ability.
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'Sanam Re' is an amalgamation of an emotional love story and a visual treat.
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If I see something dirty or untidy, I have to clean it up.
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Whenever I'm really excited about a song, I want to learn it, and it becomes the first thing I play every time I pick up an instrument.
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I was born and bred to be a great flirt.
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Sloths actually are like furry living ecosystems all by themselves! Algae grows on their fur and they are also home to "sloth moths" who call them home and drink their tears.
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True love is a process. True love requires personal action.
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It is often wonderful how putting down on paper a clear statement of a case helps one to see, not perhaps the way out, but the way in.
