Benjamin Wittes Quotes
When it comes to letting kids out into dark alleys, we understand that they have things to steal. We need to understand that in online life, too.
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I even have a Harmony Rocket and a Stratocaster with a scalloped neck back in Florida.
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My work involves online dating, but I believe almost every behavior exhibited online has an offline corollary. Really, the medium doesn't change human nature.
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I don't think that I ever believed that poetry would be a career. I have always thought of poems as something more private than professional... I would never introduce myself as a poet. I will always have some other thing that I am.
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When I find the right information, the Web is a blessing; when I don't, it's a distraction.
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Live your days on the positive side of life, in tune with your most treasured values. And in each moment you'll have much to live for.
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I think I know I've been working very hard for the family business, sometimes those days are long days and I think if I know I'm working hard and pulling my weight, both working and playing hard at the same time, I think everyone who I work with can see I am there pulling my weight.
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I don't normally vote. I'm lazy and I never bought into the 'Every vote counts.'
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I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
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The fact that hype exists doesn't prove that something is not important.
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I'll take my destiny, whatever that may be, but I'm going to fight for my dignity and my honor.
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I really only worked for about a month on 'Meatballs.' What happened was that Ivan Reitman figured out that studios wanted to meet everybody involved with 'Animal House' except the producer. So he thought he'd better start directing.
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I've always been very tied to language.
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There's parts of it that I connect to - being a father and everything - but 'Mamma Mia!' allows me to go out there and be me and have fun. I've never really had the chance to do that with so much freedom.
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One characteristic that I hope I never relinquish is an intense curiosity about the world around me.
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Acting is everybody's favorite second job.
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The most important thing is readers. I've got a huge Twitter following, but I don't really think it sells books; I don't think a huge Facebook following sells books - although these things aren't bad, of course.
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When West End Girls came out on import, I was a student at Liverpool University. I'd go to a club in Liverpool and it would come on, and I'd be really embarrassed.
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TARP is funded by taxpayers, so there are many rules about how that money can and can't be used. The result: GM spends an awful lot of time checking in with the people who administer TARP over everything from hiring to executive compensation and management. For a global company, that adds up to a lot of distraction.
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There's a difference between delivering real funny and just silly funny.
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The main thing for me is to make sure our home is peaceful, that it's healthy, that the kids are good.
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We weren't allowed to watch TV as kids.
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I think one of the greatest compliments I've ever received was when a young kid came backstage at Joe's Pub, when I had the "Bronx In Blue" album out. He said, "What Jimmy Reed did for you, you do for me."
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When it comes to letting kids out into dark alleys, we understand that they have things to steal. We need to understand that in online life, too.
