Ann Lewin-Benham Quotes
Given so much, What have I done to Deserve it? Nothing, Absolutely nothing. No wonder my heart Dances.
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Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.
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I definitely go with the flow because I feel like I have been so lucky, and so many things have happened to me that just never should have happened.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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If I do my very best, then the camera and the audience will follow me, and eventually they will somehow feel like I feel. I don't have to show it to them. I don't have to speak it out loud.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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Perhaps too much of everything is as bad as too little.
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It doesn't matter the amount of gore, the amount of shocks that you can have in a movie if the movie's not entertaining, if the story's not entertaining.
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The walking wounded, impaired in life and dissected in death, were our primary clues to where and how parts of the brain work.
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I do probably come down a little hard on a group of people I call the 'blue chip gays.' I mean people who have managed to become very, very famous and are still very famous partly through staying in the closet, like Jasper Johns, Cy Twombly, Susan Sontag, Harold Brodkey and others.
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True guilt is guilt at the obligation one owes to oneself to be oneself. False guilt is guilt felt at not being what other people feel one ought to be or assume that one is.
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People say a lot of hurtful things, but in a way, the abuse that I endured from my husband prepared me for that. The things I had been told and drilled into my head from him were worse than what anybody could say to me.
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Things happen. And good things happen, and bad things happen. And I'm a person - I'm a believer that everything happens for a reason.
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Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around.
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Electricity, n. The cause of all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else. It is the same thing as lightning, and its famous attempt to strike Dr. Franklin is one of the most picturesque incidents in that great and good man's career.
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There was a time when the Republican Party could discuss possible reforms to our gun laws: Ronald Reagan himself endorsed the Brady Bill and the assault weapons ban that passed in 1994.
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Female empowerment is always something that I've felt. It's not about just being a model; it's about women in general.
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Triathlon is a sport where the legacy is obvious. Anyone can do it; there are loads you can do. It is a massive participation sport. You can do it as a challenge, for charity or whatever. I believe it will continue to grow, and I will look forward to that happening.
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In any kid's relationship with their parents, there's always an influence there. You always want to do them proud.
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I have always believed that if you need to take your clothes off to get your man, you've begun to lose the battle. If you pull it off right, you can do it in a very classy way... Being sexy is about suggestion; it's about the tease. It's not about being obvious and forcing yourself out in the open. That takes all the fun out of being a woman.
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When you can turn people on their head and shake them and no money falls out, then you know God's saying, "Move on, son."
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Every man is his own hell.
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Rejoice, oh! grieving heart,The hours fly past;With each some sorrow dies,With each some shadow flies,Until at lastThe red dawn in the eastBids weary night depart,And pain is past.
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Given so much, What have I done to Deserve it? Nothing, Absolutely nothing. No wonder my heart Dances.
