Benjamin Zander Quotes
Life is revealed as a place to contribute and we as contributors. Not because we have done a measurable amount of good, but because that is the story we tell.
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I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.
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Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
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In the Philippines, the host should always be willing to defer to the wishes of the guest.
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I do not have any pets. We travel too much.
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Because I've done a lot of theater, I know what power is and how megalomaniacs are, since I've certainly played some.
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Coffee shops are everywhere, especially in Los Angeles, chock full of sad sacks desperate to make sure their screenplays make it into the right hands... or any hands, for that matter. The one thing that makes a coffee shop truly great, though, is charm.
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When you're working in public radio, you don't have any money to advertise.
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A well balanced, inclusive approach, according to certain standards and ideals, is essential for the proper governance of any country.
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Anyone who is afraid to lose isn't ready to win.
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I have some sweets now and then, but I wouldn't say I have a major sweet tooth.
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What was interesting was talking to older gay men about what it was like being gay in the Eighties.
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I couldn't wait until I grew up. I used to look at my mom's stockings and put them on with her high heels and mess with my hair.
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Better were it to be unborn than ill-bred.
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You whom the soldiers beat,You who are all but dead,How the gods love youAnd I, alone in the dark,I was promised the light.
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Y seguiré eliminando las palabras malas que puse en mi todo, aunque mi todo se quede sin palabras.
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Kids my age never left California. And here I was, going to school with Aboriginal kids in a dream-like location.
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You have to be just as meticulous on television as on the stage.
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I love designing costumes that I can actually construct, working to create an environment that people want to be in.
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I go to churches to pray, but I don't go to mass.
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I'm thankful for every moment.
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You're only as good as your last record and you could get dropped.
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No one can occupy your generosity except you. Who can occupy your patience when impatience roars through you? Who except you can choose not to act with judgment when all of your thoughts are judgmental? Your life is yours to live, no matter how you choose to live it. When you do not think about how you intend to live it, it lives you.
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A few decades ago, many people didn't drink water outside of a meal. Then beverage companies started bottling the production of far-off springs, and now office workers unthinkingly sip bottled water all day long.
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Life is revealed as a place to contribute and we as contributors. Not because we have done a measurable amount of good, but because that is the story we tell.
