Benjamin Zander Quotes
It is the tuning of the universe... It's as if at the beginning of the symphony God turns up the volume just a tiny bit.
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Once you're a mom, always a mom. It's like riding a bike, you never forget.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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I think Don Cheadle has always done great work.
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I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see that most of it is nonsense.
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I guess I look strange a bit. Strange but confident. I'm not like a model or anything. I always compare this to wearing a hat. You can wear the strangest hat, but if you think it's cool, then you'll look cool.
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The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.
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Even philosophers will praise war as ennobling mankind, forgetting the Greek who said: 'War is bad in that it begets more evil than it kills.'
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You know, it's always good to have seen a track before, just to kind of know where the little bumps are here and there, and just the general feel for the size.
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In my own case, the most inflammatory statements I have ever made are ones that I have written and remain willing to defend.
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A team without hope fizzles: no flameout, no fire.
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I am so like Donna it's funny. And most of my friends are guys too.
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I used to get up at five in the morning and play cricket.
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I wanted to only create a great perfume, not any perfume that would sell, but a great artistic one that the fans would not feel cheated by.
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My energy to sing, I get it from my singing. Singing was not a reason to make a living. This is the only thing I wanted to do.
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The First Amendment, I think, is the jewel of our Constitution.
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The destructive character knows only one watchword: make room. And only one activity: clearing away. His need for fresh air and open space is stronger than any hatred.
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Change is one thing, progress is another.
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'Aha? You have been very clever, madame.' 'No, I haven’t really. It was a pure accident. I mean, I walked into a small café place and there the girl was, just sitting there.' 'Ah. You had the good fortune then. That is just as important.'
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When I get home from a heavy work day, I make sure I get outside with the kids. I don't think there's any better cure than being active as a family outside.
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The conflict between pacifism and socialism ultimately reflects a greater quandary of how one engages with such a system.
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Imagination took the reins, and reason, slow-paced, though sure-footed, was unequal to a race with so eccentric and flighty a companion.
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I'm honored to be asked by Stephanie Allain - whom I've long admired - to add to the scope of my programming purview at Film Independent. I salute David Ansen for his work with the festival and look forward to continuing to follow his example.
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It is the tuning of the universe... It's as if at the beginning of the symphony God turns up the volume just a tiny bit.
