Benjamin E. Sasse Quotes
When one half of the nation demonizes the other half, tendrils of resentment reach out and strangle whatever charitable impulses remain in us.
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I can't understand why someone wouldn't have a degree of sympathy for people that had to flee their country, travel to try and find their home somewhere, and nobody wants them. How could you not be a little bit sympathetic?
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I still love records, and I've been fortunate that my parents bought me a record player so I didn't just have my vinyls to stare at!
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I don't think you should have everybody's information from their bank. There should be some process: accusations and proof that you've committed a crime.
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The focus of subjectivity is a distorting mirror.
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I grew up backstage and on movie sets, and I thought they were the most magical places on Earth.
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The labor movement means just this: it is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth.
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Bourbon does for me what the piece of cake did for Proust.
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It's fun to be liked, but when standing up for what you believe in, it's also very fun not to be liked.
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I don´t know where I´m going, only God knows where I´ve been.
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The bigger problem still is that it determines in many ways what movies get made in the first place. Because as sources of finance are considering a project, they ask themselves, "Does this lend itself to a simplistic marketing approach which will guarantee a big opening weekend?" As a movie-goer, I think that's tragic, because when you look back at those movies that made us fall in love with movies in the first place, most of them were not high-concept, and most of them would not have "won their weekend."
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[On being criticized for her serious expression:] I simply ache from smiling. Why are women expected to beam all the time? It's unfair. If a man looks solemn, it's automatically assumed he's a serious person, not a miserable one.
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As long as one American is hungry... then we have unfinished business in this country.
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Religion is no test of nationality, but a personal matter between man and his God.
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Anyone who has chanced like me to roam through desolate mountains and studied at length their fantastic shapes and drunk the invigorating air of their valleys can understand why I wish to describe and depict these magic scenes for others.
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There are lessons to life That the lovers got to learn There are corners out there You know they're waitin' somewhere And you've got to be prepared to turn There are callouses that come That the lovers got to earn In the years of your youth You can't be fire proof You know you've got to get burned.
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The rose goes in the front, big guy.
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Few of them were to be trusted within reach of a trowel and a pile of bricks.
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Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don't quit until you attain it. When you do attain it, set another goal, and don't quit until you reach it. Never quit.
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Set a goal, and in small, consistent steps, work to reach it. Get support from your peers when you start flagging. Repeat. You will change.
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When one half of the nation demonizes the other half, tendrils of resentment reach out and strangle whatever charitable impulses remain in us.
