Stephen Vincent Benet Quotes
You work hard, and you'll rise. But, if you've got any foolish notions, just knock them on the head and forget them.
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I wish my school days could have dragged on a little longer, or that I could go back and do it later in life.
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The attitude and identity that we want to play with doesn't change.
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My life and my work are very interlocked. That's partly why I like to keep my private life private.
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I've always felt a bit hard done by in England – you know, I've won the Bisto three times in Ireland, but it has felt like nobody has even heard of me in my home country.
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Everyone thinks when they start writing that they can't do it. I was lucky. My sister Delia was the most important person in terms of encouraging me.
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I love sportswear in my own weird way. Fashion is such a personal journey for me. I'm much more of a girl that's a T-shirt, legging, layering kind of thing, and outerwear.
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After I made my hit in 'Salome,' Universal sent me to New York so I could learn to be a proper movie star.
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I started 20 years without missing a race and ESPN started broadcasting on the air waves.
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Find fault with thyself rather than with others.
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It's interesting: in the late '80s, there was this really random mix of new wave, industrial, and these early house records. And a lot of it was coming out of Chicago because of Wax Trax! So I always visited Wax Trax Records.
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I think every business is definitely different. There are certain businesses where execution is everything.
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As professional soccer players, we take our bodies to the extreme. We're the people at the gym that look like we're breaking the machines. Pushing our bodies to the limits is what makes us so strong and capable and Olympians. It's not an easy thing to consistently do over and over again to your body.
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I think with every part you do, you become a better actor. I've learned from my experiences on that.
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I always liked No. 10 because I loved Zidane. He was my role model. I always wanted to play like him.
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I don't pretend to be a digital savant or even a digital apprentice.
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My brother Art was a doo-wopper. He had a group that sat out on a park bench in New Orleans and sang harmonies at night, and they'd go around and win all the talent shows and get all the girls, you know.
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Artistic self-indulgence is the mark of an amateur. The temptation to make scenes, to appear late, to call in sick, not to meet deadlines, not to be organized, is at heart a sign of your own insecurity and at worst the sign of an amateur.
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I am not interested in slickness for the sake of slickness.
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For my part, I make this pledge to all of you: The politics of division, of pitting east against west, urban versus rural, region against region, and people against people will have no place in my Administration.
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You can always tell when a man's well informed. His views are pretty much like your own.
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When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you.
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The more connections you and your lover make, not just between your bodies, but between your minds, your hearts, and your souls, the more you will strengthen the fabric of your relationship, and the more real moments you will experience together.
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Non...I am DANCING IN MY NUDDY-PANTS!!!' And we both laughed like loons on loon tablets. I danced for ages round the house in my nuddy-pants. Also, I did this brilliant thing-I danced in the front window just for a second whilst Mr. Across the Road was drawing his curtains. He will never be sure if he saw a mirage or not. That is the kind of person I am. Not really the kind of person who goes and raises elks in Whakatane.
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You work hard, and you'll rise. But, if you've got any foolish notions, just knock them on the head and forget them.
