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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Photographs are believed more than words; thus they can be used persuasively to show people who have never taken the trouble to look what is there.
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I tend to write short, brief snippets - I lean toward the chamber music end as opposed to the symphony end of things.
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I loved experiencing city life in New York.
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You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.
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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.
