Benjamin Zander Quotes
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Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
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He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw.
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The integrity of the federal procurement system needs to be protected so that the public has confidence in government contracts, and small businesses have every opportunity to compete.
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I'm now convinced that I'm a doctor. I mean, if someone says they have a pain, I'm like, 'Well, that's your spleen.'
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I actually interviewed other people about myself, and that alerted me to the fact that I had to really investigate my memories.
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A lot of people heard 'Murda Business' and thought it was about killing people, trying to be tough and hardcore. If you actually listen to the lyrics, it's kind of silly and playful.
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The mainstream media has chosen their candidates and their issues, and they're not the same as the GOP's. They are going to be painted as the bad guys.
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Helen Mirren is like the sexiest woman on the planet to me. She is. Just the way she goes about everything.
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One of the Life Saving men snapped the camera for us, taking a picture just as the machine had reached the end of the track and had risen to a height of about two feet.
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Now obey thy cherished secret wish,Embrace thy friends-leave all in order;To port and hawser's tie no more returning,Depart upon thy endless cruise, old Sailor!
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If the federal government should overpass the just bounds of its authority and make a tyrannical use of its powers, the people, whose creature it is, must appeal to the standard they have formed, and take such measures to redress the injury done to the Constitution as the exigency may suggest and prudence justify.
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I like to know where the camera is.
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The culture is going into a psychological depression. We are concerned about our place in the world, about being competitive: Will my children have as much as I have? Will I ever own my own home? How can I pay for a new car? Are immigrants taking away my white world?
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I say this all the time, but when I go to bed at the end of the day, and I put my head down on the pillow, I really feel such a sense of satisfaction, and I'm so proud of my kids that they have this amazing work ethic, and we get to work with each other every day, so it doesn't get any better than that.
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I'd say if you wanted to forestall bad events, the best thing to do is anticipate them and try to correct them before they get close.
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All of the material for 'The Fine Line' was created via improvisation with my partner, but not in front of an audience. We'd continue to refine it in front of an audience based on their responses until it was set and scripted.
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The reality is that most of North America knows next to nothing of the 20th century's first genocide - the systematic slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians in the First World War.
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If you ask any of us which movie we were making when one of our kids was born, we'll be able to tell you instantly. It's like our family lives are permanently woven into the movies.
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I'm saying that there's way more to 9/11 than mainstream media and our government have told us.
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I couldn't stand it. I still can't stand it. I can't stand the way things are. I cannot tolerate this age.
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When I'm in the midst of finishing a book, I can be working around the clock.
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On the rare occasions I go to the gym, I prefer silence.
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I know it's corny, but laughter is a two-way gift, and hearing people laugh just warms me through and through.
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My job is to awaken possibility in other people.
