Benjamin Martin Quotes
Why should I trade one tyrant three thousand miles away for three thousand tyrants one mile away?
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I've done some really weird gigs. The ones where no one turned up - they're probably not the interesting ones to talk about. I played some pretty random ones in L.A. I signed to play all-R&B nights or an all-comedy night where I'd be the only white person there. They were fun.
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When you're starting a new business, you don't need to know much about it. A lot of the work is blocking and tackling - it's the same type of stuff no matter what sector you're in.
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If I were to try to describe the way in which I write, the only word I would use without qualification is 'slowly.'
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I don't go to places where I'm going to get mobbed.
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The English countryside, its growth and its destruction, is a genuine and tragic theme.
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I want to keep pushing my boundaries. One of the biggest things I learned from 'Unbroken' is that you can go a lot further than you think you can. We often underestimate our actual capabilities.
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I went to dance classes from 9 in the morning until 1, then to school from 3 to 10 at night, always under the threat that if I failed a single course I could forget about dancing.
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Fame is a lot of fun, but it's not interesting. I loved being noticed and praised, even the banquets. But they didn't have anything that I wanted. After about six months, I found it boring.
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I'm not a foodie - I'm an eater: I'm hungry.
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You can believe that he was taught to love and respect all mankind - but to fear no man.
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Guitar solos bore the hell out of me. Only a few guitarists interest me, and it's not about the solos they play, it's about the grooves they create.
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When you look at a commodities market you need hedgers and speculators. If you don't have one, you don't have a market. That's how it works.
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I don't care if you're black, white, short, tall, skinny, rich or poor. If you respect me I'll respect you.
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If I have to go somewhere else, a lot of things are going to have to be changed or you're going to have an unhappy player, If I'm not happy, you don't want me on your team. It's that simple. I'll make that known to anybody.
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Some say he died. Codswallop, in my opinion. Dunno if he had enough human left in him to die. Some say he’s still out there, bidin’ his time, like, but I don’ believe it.
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There had to be dark and muddy waters so that the sun could have something to background it's flashing glory.
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The science that studies the supreme good for man is politics.
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There is but one Paris and however hard living may be here, and if it became worse and harder even—the French air clears up the brain and does good—a world of good.
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If we are going to learn to trust God in adversity, we must believe God will allow nothing to subvert His glory so He will allow nothing to spoil the good He is working out in us and for us.
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When I trade, I don't have an agency problem; I have my neck on the line. When a bank or banker trades, it's not his neck on the line.
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We buy them (books) as our budget allows. But eighth grade has four trade books (individual-title books), and you have time to do more than that during the school year.
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Today I shall be a wicked murderous tyrant and crush something nice under my heel.
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Why should I trade one tyrant three thousand miles away for three thousand tyrants one mile away?
