Ben Jelen Quotes
And finally the silence, looking out, looking back across the sky, Trying to find a meaning, knowing that I just left it all behind
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My dad and I would watch Ray Lewis a lot. His tenacity, and he was everywhere. I wanted that mindset, too.
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I'd love to have a 19th Century Russian book club where all the members had to act like the pretentious minor noblemen they were reading about.
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I have learned to take the part of me that is very fearful and work on that. There is space for that in my life. I have learned to give myself a bit more freedom between 'action' and 'cut.' I come by all that fear honestly, like most humans have. I can't bring it with me to work, so in that way, the work feels quite liberating.
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I like to think of ideas as potential energy. They're really wonderful, but nothing will happen until we risk putting them into action.
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Tahini is fantastically versatile, its deep, nutty flavour a harmonious match with roasted vegetables, grilled oily fish or barbecued meat.
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I get recognized in the street really frequently, which is really shocking. I'm excruciatingly wary of any female under the age of 19. Even when some of them come up to me, they're usually very cordial, nice and polite.
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We always have hoped that American diplomacy deploys itself in dialogue and persuasion rather than by ultimatums. That is the path we want in international relations.
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Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity.
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You are only three or four hours from taking your glasses off for keeps.
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It made me wonder if perhaps our ancestors' crimes were not in fact far more terrible than they claimed. After all, the only histories we possessed told their version of what happened, and in their accounts they were completely innocent.
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Innumerable twinkling of the waves of the sea.
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If it be asked, What is the most sacred duty and the greatest source of our security in a Republic? The answer would be, An inviolable respect for the Constitution and Laws - the first growing out of the last... A sacred respect for the constitutional law is the vital principle, the sustaining energy of a free government.
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Libera fortunae mors est; capit omnia tellusquae genuit; caelo tegitur qui non habet urnam.
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Klopp would reproach me for not tracking back properly. I took things on board, and I listened to him. I worked hard in training; I stayed behind after training. That's what helped me to shine in the Bundesliga because I scored quite a lot of goals despite some difficult games in the league.
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I'm a brand ambassador. I've been a fan of Nip+Fab for a while, so it fit perfectly. I just love their stuff.
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When I talk to youngsters today, especially those involved in athletics, I tell them to get their education first.
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Every film has an origin. It is made under certain circumstances, and that is a very important point that should be kept in mind during a review.
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The vast majority of Muslims are moderates working for a better future and seeking a peaceful life.
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Fraternity life, for me, really was about cheap rent and three square.
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I'm a little sad that they actually came up with the metaphor of waves for feminism. By definition, a wave goes in, and it comes out. I would really like it to be a tsunami that creates a flood that forever changes the landscape.
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I was lucky that I met the right mentors and teachers at the right moment.
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A wealth you cannot imagine flows through you. Do not consider what strangers say. Be secluded in your secret heart-house, that bowl of silence.
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We love those we are happy with. We do. For how else can we know we love them, or how else define loving?
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And finally the silence, looking out, looking back across the sky, Trying to find a meaning, knowing that I just left it all behind
