Benjamin West Quotes
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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
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I love fashion as an art; I love fashion as costume, as a character. I don't like dictates and the phoniness of appearance.
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I love to be with my son and my grandchildren, like normal people. I have no particular idea of what I represent to other people. It's very mysterious to me. I don't understand it.
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The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
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Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.
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My father felt that his world of ideas was too liberal for traditional rabbinical teachings, and he looked for a chance to find a way in life.
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I like the idea that you can paint something outdoors, and anyone can see it. It's open to anyone, and people have to deal with it. In the gallery, it's the same 150 people on the San Francisco art scene. There's a dynamic on the street that's definitely more interesting.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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Hip-hop is so much about character and caricature that people just see you as a character. Very rarely are you flesh and bone to people.
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When it comes to extracurricular activities, many children are getting too much of a good thing.
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My dad's funny. He's laid back and a cool guy.
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So, for me the town hall meetings are really an opportunity to engage in two-way dialogue with people, and they've been very helpful.
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Historians tell us that a gentleman named John Ball once captured eight British Amateur titles.
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In the studio, I'm always throwing people on different instruments.
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Men are like mascara, they run at the slightest display of emotion.
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Moving to L.A. when I was 11 was when my entrepreneurialism started because it's the land of the American dream.
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When you are 25 or even 30, you can just do things. When you get to 35, things are different. Time is more precious to me now. I've got my priorities.
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Even after all these years, finding a really first-rate story is still a thrill, one I want to share with others.
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You can have small moments of happiness in life. You certainly can't expect years and years of it.
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I'm trying to tell a story and do it truthfully.
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I don't know what falling in love for me is. The concept of romantic love arose in the Middle Ages. Now remember, the Arabs don't even have a word for love-that is, a word for love apart from physical attraction or sex. And this separation of love and sex is a western concept, a Christian concept. As to what falling in love means, I'm uncertain. Love, well, it means simply physical attraction and liking a person at the same time.
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I make notes about things I see in films that really affect me, like the ending of 'Jules and Jim.' I think about how I can utilize things in my work. And I have a team of people who keep me down to earth.
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Remember, light and shadow never stand still.
