Stella Benson Quotes
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When I was 26, I got offered the Connecticut job, but the ABA started, and I thought I could still play.
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Most people work for the private sector, which cannot exist without profit.
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You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.
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Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.
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Somehow I got the feeling at an early age that I had to do something important with my life.
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Today is either the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning. Today we are making history.
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There are staples to my show. I have to be conscious about switching things up because I know people who saw me last year will say, 'He did that last time.' But if certain things work, they work.
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The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
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My first big influences were more hip-hop based - people like DJ Shadow and Four Tet.
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I am not gay; I don't have a relationship with Ricky Martin.
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It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country.
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My idea of fast food is a mallard.
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I really try to get eight hours of sleep, and I really try not to go out after a Tuesday or Friday night show because I know I have a two-show day the following day.
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On 24 August 1939, as an officer in the reserve, I had to join my regiment in Potsdam.
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Let me be absolutely clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israel's. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under a McCain administration. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under an Obama administration. So that policy is not going to change.
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I stress out so much about the red carpet and interviews and pictures, and, you know, not getting my skirt tucked in my knickers.
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When I speak of family, I immediately think of a support system who can give you a reality check when you need it: a mirror reflection of myself. I believe that we are a result of our family - the people who encourage us and tell us the truth about who we are which helps us to grow through their advice and wisdom.
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If your mind is still, you're the happiest.
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Was I in a nativity play? I think I was an angel; I was a very blonde child, so I tended to get typecast. I have a vague memory of wearing wings.
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Are the last days near, perhaps? I have forgotten your lessons, prattlers and false prophets, but you haven't forgotten me. As the future ripens in the past, so the past rots in the future - a terrible festival of dead leaves.
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I wish I could walk into a room and feel superior and have my nose up at everybody, but I can't, because I know I'm just a huge nerd, and that wouldn't work for me.
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When a doctor arrives to attend some patient of the working class, he ought not to feel his pulse the moment he enters, as is nearly always done without regard to the circumstances of the man who lies sick; he should not remain standing while he considers what he ought to do, as though the fate of a human being were a mere trifle; rather let him condescend to sit down for awhile.
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Men are made of the dust of the earth.
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Call no man a foe, but never love a stranger.
