Benjamin A. Rogge Quotes
A basically dishonest man can survive longer in the church or the classroom than he can in the grain exchange or the furniture business.
Quotes to Explore
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If the money we donate helps one child or can ease the pain of one parent, those funds are well spent.
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Yes, I took up the guitar when I was about 14 or 15, in high school.
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You have to interpret what's hot to make it work on yourself. If tweed suits are in, but you're not a suit kind of girl, wear the jacket with jeans and a pair of Converses.
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I don't think I'm really open to having Washington change me.
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All I know is stars and hits, you know what I mean? I don't just sign a guy because he has a hot record. I sign a guy because he's a star. He's a pillar of the community.
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To be on the set with the actors, with the location, every day changes; every day something can go wrong.
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Capitalism has forced everyone to overoptimize in order to compete.
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Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
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I came back to do a live concert. Nobody had done that before and I know my managers were worried.
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I don't know, the word 'famous' just sounds really weird to me, because I'm just me.
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I wonder if anyone else has an ear so tuned and sharpened as I have, to detect the music, not of the spheres, but of earth, subtleties of major and minor chord that the wind strikes upon the tree branches. Have you ever heard the earth breathe?
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Robert Walker as Bruno was excellent. He had elegance and humor, and the proper fondness for his mother.
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I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes, where a woman's personality and sense of self are revealed. I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.
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I am always watching old films and trying to fill gaps in my knowledge.
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I try to take people one at a time, with all the contradictions and compromises that most of us live with.
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When I was put in a situation where I'm going there, you have to look at the team and the possibility that hey, we can probably do some good things over there.
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When I analyse myself and my reactions or behaviour, there is the act and the actor. There is a division between the two and that creates conflict between 'what is' and 'what should be'.
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We don't understand the equity market well, and so we deploy funds in fixed-income securities, and like any other securities, investment in those securities also need to follow the mark-to-market accounting principle.
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Christianity has been one of the most powerful causes of democracy, but the conscious influence of the Church has more widely been exerted against democracy than for it.
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I know that I do have influence over the people who watch me, and it's quite a pressure. I have to stay positive, and while I would never use the words 'role model', I am mindful of the responsibilities that come with a substantial viewership.
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My great-grandfather started in the coal mines, and my great grandmother made 10 pounds of bread every Saturday morning that we delivered to the neighbors. It was always about giving back. These kinds of things drive me to make a difference.
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A basically dishonest man can survive longer in the church or the classroom than he can in the grain exchange or the furniture business.
