Benjamin Hooks Quotes
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I wrote 'The River' practically trying to rip off every lick that James Taylor had, so it was neat to hear him sing those lyrics because that's who inspired you to write them.
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I maybe missed money in my childhood, but I didn't miss love, that's for sure. My dad wasn't there, but I can tell you not even once did I think I was missing something.
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My father was an amateur filmmaker who shot 8mm color documentaries.
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If you're going to learn a new language, you can't try to be perfect. You'll stop yourself from talking. You just have to let go.
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At the age of 18, I made up my mind to never have another bad day in my life. I dove into a endless sea of gratitude from which I've never emerged.
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I am walking proof of the power of prayer.
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There's a part of me that wishes I could go out in T-shirt and jeans, 'cause I really love Patti Smith, Cat Power, girls who look so casual; that appeals to me 'cause I guess it's the opposite from what I do. But I can never let myself just do that - I always have to try and dress up and create something.
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Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.
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If you don't know how to live, why wonder about death?
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My first phone was two tin cans tied together with string, and it worked pretty good.
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I've overcome neglect and deprivation, abandonment and abuse.
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We acquire the strength we have overcome.
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If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure.
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I don't hate it he thought, panting in the cold air, the iron New England dark; I don't. I don't! I don't hate it! I don't hate it!
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We’ve been through some little stormy periods before. I think we’ll overcome it.
