Benjamin Stillingfleet Quotes
Sincerity and honesty carry one through many difficulties which all the arts he can invent would never help him through.
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The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.
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My great fear of being attacked or trivialized by my contemporaries made me concentrate on what I was trying to do as a writer. It forced me to draw some conclusions that were my own.
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America is not the center of the universe.
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Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.
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I don't sleep. I hate those little slices of death.
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A women knows how to keep quiet when she is in the right, whereas a man, when he is in the right, will keep on talking.
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I let people make remarks about me, but it doesn't touch me, all those remarks.
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I'll come to any benefit if I see SCLC get all the money.
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Tell your wife often how terrific she looks.
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I don't feel a day older when it comes to my approach to music or what gets me off than when I was a teenager. I've always been into different kinds of stuff and when I play I like to play loud. I like my arm hairs to move and I like my body to vibrate 'cause I like the feel of it; I'm still a teenager at heart.
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Don't let people talk you into what they think is you.
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Everyone wants to pretend like they sprang out of the ground with an Animal Collective record in their hands and a David Bowie haircut, and that's just not the case. You discover these things gradually.
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Cause the boyz in da hood are always hard, Keep fuckin with us and we'll pull yo' card knownin nothin in life but to be legit don't quote me boy cause I aint said shit.
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We study the glory of God, and the honour and liberty of parliament, for which we unanimously fight, without seeking our own interests... I profess I could never satisfy myself on the justness of this war, but from the authority of the parliament to maintain itself in its rights; and in this cause I hope to prove myself an honest man and single-hearted.
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For me, what really excites me about my characters and what pushes their core is the kind of dark, sad side of life.
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I did a production of Macbeth in the 1960s in which I had a swordfight in the final scene. But the blade fell off my sword just as I was stabbing the guy. I ended up having to hammer him to death.
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I've always been into cars. Cars are part of our genetic makeup. It's unavoidable.
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There was one theory put forth by a journalist recently. I have a lot of friends that have died prematurely and a lot of friends that have died of natural causes. I've lost a lot of people over the years. This journalist basically recommended to me that God keeps me around because I amuse him.
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If I do too many takes, I'm too self-conscious. I think I'm better in first scenes.
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Self-preservation is the first law of nature.
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There is no such thing as Christian art or secular art - writing, painting, drawing, whatever it is.
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People with lower incomes tend to give a greater percentage of their incomes to help others and show greater empathy and compassion - perhaps because they know they might face the same circumstances.
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I don't like the rules about you can't hit the quarterback.
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Sincerity and honesty carry one through many difficulties which all the arts he can invent would never help him through.
