A. C. Benson Quotes
All the best stories are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.
Quotes to Explore
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I like the diversity that my children are exposed to every day.
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I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey.
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I spend an extraordinary amount of time in my car, so I can justify the expense. That's the only extravagance in my life - it's my car.
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I am not content to entrust our free-speech rights to the good graces and whims of Congress and hope that politicians don't abuse their power.
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When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.
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Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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I think it's more and more important to spend time with your children, because it seems to be harder and harder for them to succeed as their parents have succeeded.
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You get your heart stomped by the opposite sex, and you're hurting so badly that you write 'Sometimes When We Touch.' But then what happens when you've been married for 25 years? You can't rely on those emotional male-female roller coasters. You have to start using your imagination and the powers of empathy more.
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People don't just want a mindless flick with a superstar; they want to connect more deeply.
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I'm such a happy, easygoing person.
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Hollywood can be a really tough environment for anyone trying to make a living. Unfortunately for actors of color, namely Asian Americans, opportunities have been and remain substantially limited. One place this is not the case is on 'Hawaii Five-0,' where we have three Asian American series regulars and a landscape rich with diversity.
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The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
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Solange's new album, 'A Seat at the Table', is so many things at once: an antidote to hate, a celebration of blackness, an expression of the right to feel it all. After a move to Louisiana and period of self-reflection, the artist joined forces with a range of collaborators to put her new discoveries to music.
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At the Museum of Roman Art, the logic of the forms is very much modern. But in spite of that, the idea of the construction could be related to a historical time.
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I was the girl who nobody thought would ever get married. I was going to be a fashion nun the rest of my life. There are generations of them, those fashion nuns, living, eating, breathing clothes.
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I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions.
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We have to still develop the Ikea group. We need many billions of Swiss francs to take on China or Russia.
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Even though there is randomness and improvisation in my music, I want to have some concrete idea that I can hold onto.
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When you work with somebody for a long period of time, you develop a shorthand with everything.
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Don't ever choose the people who don't matter over the ones that do.
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I'm not thinking about my numbers. I'm just trying to do the best I can to help the team win.
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The historian of science may be tempted to exclaim that when paradigms change, the world itself changes with them.
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All the best stories are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.
