Benjamin West Quotes
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The performance of international institutions will be symptomatic of the domestic political priorities of influential member states. International institutions don't really have a life and a mind of their own.
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I remember taking my mom and dad to the premiere of 'The Inbetweeners Movie' and being really nervous. My mom was like, 'Laura, don't worry: I've watched all of the first series of the TV show, so I understand what this is going to be like.'
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The experience of making a movie is far removed from watching the end result. It's exciting, but it still makes me squirm.
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The two championship contenders, Dario Franchitti and Will Power, are starting right next to each other in the middle of the grid. Honestly, if I can be fast enough early in the race to be able to get up there and latch onto those two, it will be pure entertainment. It's going to be a pack race, and you never know how that's going to turn out.
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Because of my medical and ideological training, I am accustomed to saying that life is adaptation and symbiosis.
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As an author, I had spent years writing my stories on my own in a quiet room. My ideas traveled from my brain to my fingers, executed exactly as I saw fit, never veering from my own intent. TV simply doesn't work that way.
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How will the approach of the Singularity spread across the human world view?
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I want to be like the patron saint of reality.
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Sometimes it takes a brush with eternity - a crash, an illness, some shock to the system - to get you really thinking about what you want to do with your limited time here, and why you're living on this wobbling dirt clod in the first place.
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I think J.D. Salinger is correct in granting no interviews, and in making no speeches.
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The truth is, bad things don't affect us as profoundly as we expect them to. That's true of good things, too. We adapt very quickly to either.
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I am a conservative and proud of it.
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Halva works brilliantly in ice-cream.
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I live with the fact that while I am playing, I am going to give everything I have, and I will live with those consequences.
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There's a time to impress someone, and then there's a time to make an impression on someone.
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Evil can and is overcome every minute of every day.
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I think too many people look at the arts with a religious outlook. Arts, music, singing and performing, it's all make-believe.
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I hope that, somewhere, Mom and Dad are proud that little Walter is performing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
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I have drawn inspiration from the Marine Corps, the Jewish struggle in Palestine and Israel, and the Irish.
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Mike Pence not only knows the Capitol. He knows the players in the House and the Senate. He knows how the committee system works. But he also knows all the governors. And so that really brings a unique talent to the picture.
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What makes him special? He has a mixture of physical talent and technical ability, as well as remarkable intelligence and above all a great passion for the game.
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During a transformation, it's understandable to be hesitant about moving too fast, especially at the outset.
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To recognize great talent, we must encourage dreamers.
