Benjamin Wittes Quotes
June 10, 2002, the day John Ashcroft announced the arrest of Jose Padilla, marked a low point in Ashcroft's career as Attorney General.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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I fought the best; I've never been afraid of anyone.
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Movies are usually difficult, often insane, constantly challenging and always strangely amusing to make.
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Sometimes entire categories of craigslist are rendered nearly unusable by spam. Con artists prowl the listings, paying sellers with fake cashier's checks and luring buyers to share their credit card numbers.
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Yes, it's annoying that Hamlet doesn't kill his stepfather ten minutes into the play, but if he did kill his stepfather ten minutes into the play, there wouldn't be a play. He has to be annoying, if you will, and not do what would be the thing to do.
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Once you understand that listeners want to be challenged, then you also understand that you can't take shortcuts.
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The voters of Colorado deserve honest, straight-talking elected officials.
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In my experience an appreciative letter from a fellow writer means a lot.
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Indian hotels are doing well globally because they understand hospitality.
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I've always felt I had the ability to be a good, elite defender in this league on the wing. I just need to lock in. I feel if I pick that up, I can be a very good all-around player.
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I'm a food addict, that's my downfall.
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Maybe one of the only things I do well: I cook like a maniac! I would be a chef if I weren't an actor.
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It is by suffering that human beings become angels.
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For me, songwriting is something like breathing: I just do it. But that doesn't mean you're fantastic.
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I hated the fact that I had to read 'Moby-Dick' as a senior in high school.
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My very first audition was on the lot of Paramount, and I was put on tape and it was very nerve-racking. I think it was about 15 pages.
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I am disappointed that Senator Ayotte has voted repeatedly for deep cuts in Pell Grants that would make college more expensive for thousands of New Hampshire students and voted against allowing young people to refinance their student loans.
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I think actors make for very good directors, and I would like to do that one day.
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Why can't reason give greater answers? Why can we throw a question further than we can pull in an answer? Why such a vast net if there's so little fish to catch?
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We can understand, too, that natural species are chosen not because they are 'good to eat' but because they are 'good to think.'
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When I left my home to become an actress, my father didn't give me a single penny. I struggled a lot, and they had no idea what I went through. My grandfather even asked me to drop my surname when he learnt I was joining films.
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I have been very pleased at the response we have got for 'SVSC.'
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I want to marry and have kids. The things we all want.
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June 10, 2002, the day John Ashcroft announced the arrest of Jose Padilla, marked a low point in Ashcroft's career as Attorney General.
