Benjamin E. Sasse Quotes
People think if they voted for somebody, they should reflexively defend everything they do or say. And if you voted against somebody, you should just as reflexively oppose everything they do or say. It's not very helpful. What's more constructive for our kids is to go on a case-by-case basis, evaluating particular policies.
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I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every one of them I want to be personal, and I want him to grow and change. The problem with that is, it makes the series limited, you can't write a series where a guy is always going through some kind of crisis.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
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Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
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I like to be supportive and a role model.
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From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
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Everyone should learn to tango in Argentina before they die.
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I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
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I have born-again Christians in my family, and they are completely against abortion... Everybody's got to stop being afraid of it real soon. Who's going to do it if a woman's network doesn't? People are going to be dying.
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I grew up in a hippie commune so I have a real hippie part of me.
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Even the most embarrassing mishap can be spun into comedic gold.
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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I don't stop at my past; I like new work. I like what I'm doing tomorrow.
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I think the perfection of love is that it's not perfect.
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If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics.
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I don't mind playing spoiler.
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It is just as important to set apart time for the development of our aesthetic faculties as for cultivating the money-getting instinct. A man cannot live by bread alone. His higher life demands an impalpable food.
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The political, social, and spiritual impact of the life example set by Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela might be measured in part by the profound and unique gestures made by people in different countries to honor his life upon learning of his death.
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If Roosevelt were alive today, he'd turn over in his grave.
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I know now why I stopped writing short stories. It was at the point when I recognised how difficult they were.
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I've raised my boys the old-fashioned way, with spankings, sending them upstairs if they misbehave at parties, the works. I believe discipline is the proof of love.
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The art world has become so insular. The rules have become so autodidactic that, in a sense, they lose track of what people have any interest in thinking about, talking about, or even looking at.
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I am continually pleasantly surprised by how many people are showing up at shows and are younger than our first record.
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God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven.
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People think if they voted for somebody, they should reflexively defend everything they do or say. And if you voted against somebody, you should just as reflexively oppose everything they do or say. It's not very helpful. What's more constructive for our kids is to go on a case-by-case basis, evaluating particular policies.
