Richie Benaud Quotes
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I know from growing up in the spotlight, as it were, that the most important thing is your family.
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The people of South Africa are ready to stand up to the oppressions of the Pretoria regime, and they are ready to fight back.
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I remember my very first audition for a film. I was in Seattle. They were taping the session, and I just went crazy. The director finally said, 'Zoe, what are you doing? The camera's right here. Just talk to me.' And it took that director saying that to me to change everything.
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I think Hollywood wants to be safe. The things you do first become your calling card, and I think people just sort of go, 'Well, we know he can do that.' They kind of put you in that hole.
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Sometimes I thank God... for cheeseburgers.
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I think you always have to go as an artist with instinct, I really do.
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Hebrew is my first language, so it's really the most personal and the most simple. When I write in Hebrew, I don't look for sophistication in music; it's just pure emotion that comes out.
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There are downsides to implicitly trusting banks, as the 2008 financial crisis showed.
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When a man wrote a political screed against the IRS and flew into its building, he was deemed mentally ill, even though it was clearly a political act. There's a double standard, which is: If his name is Muhammad, it's automatically terrorism.
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I really looked up to Tina Fey as a writer, and because I did have a background in writing, she is someone whose career I really did admire.
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Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave.
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I love being around my mom and my dad.
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I started by just sitting by the chessboard exploring things. I didn't even have books at first, and I just played by myself. I learnt a lot from that, and I feel that it is a big reason why I now have a good intuitive understanding of chess.
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I love James Taylor, Jeff Buckley, Elliott Smith and Nine Inch Nails.
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Governor Jan Brewer and the Arizona legislature have created an environment in Arizona where performing is no longer a neutral act. They have created an environment where they can convert the normal commercial interaction between artists and their fans into the means to apply this racist law.
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There are only two means by which men can deal with one another: guns or logic. Force or persuasion. Those who know that they cannot win by means of logic, have always resorted to guns.
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Directors get to fire on many more cylinders than an actor.
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If I'm extra happy or excited, it'll take me an hour or two to write a song. Or, if I'm really sad or something, it will take me about a day. But I have a specific way of writing: I just listen to the beat. I think about what I'm going to write over the beat.
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And taking more money out of the private economy and having the government perform as it has poorly done with the stimulus I don't think is the right way to go.
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I've been a Nike athlete since day one.
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I was broke when I lived in New York City during college, so I'd spend weekends walking around town, grabbing something to eat, and interacting with strangers. That ritual has stuck with me.
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Just because something has been a lot of work or consumed a lot of time doesn't make it productive or worthwhile.
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The hallmark of a great captain is the ability to win the toss, at the right time.
