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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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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I actually hate shopping.
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At my school, when kids went into the army at 16, they didn't do it in a gung-ho, Tom Cruise, 'Born on the Fourth of July' way. They were generally - and I hope this doesn't offend them - the more vulnerable members of the class. They enlisted seeking family, and they didn't always find it.
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I could write and help a lot of kids, or teach and help a few and go nuts.
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Sometimes I still wonder what my fans look like, but if I had to describe them, I'd say that they are everyday people with everyday needs who need a supernatural message to help them though their natural walk.
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Sincerity and honesty carry one through many difficulties which all the arts he can invent would never help him through.
