Benn Northover Quotes
I always saw myself as a big-nosed, big-eared kid. I've never tried to kind of capitalize on that stuff. I think a lot of people do when they can.
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Once the kids are in school, it's amazing what you can do.
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If you actually want to change your world, there is a better way of doing it than blowing yourself up.
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The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.
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The press doesn't stop publishing, by the way, in a fascist escalation; it simply watches what it says. That too can be an incremental process, and the pace at which the free press polices itself depends on how journalists are targeted.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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I usually get up between 7 A.M. and 8 A.M., have coffee, and go right to work. It's really important not to get sidetracked in the morning so I'm still in that dreamy state for my writing.
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What I found particularly fascinating and satisfying about the Hindu tradition was its spirit of inclusiveness. In Sanatan Dharma, or what is commonly called Hinduism, I discovered the basic truths of all religions in a way that the oneness of God and religion is comprehensively understood.
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A will finds a way.
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I've had a few conversations with people who are horrified: who tell me my work is demeaning, is sexist, is negative.
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There is light at the end of the tunnel for India, but it's that of an oncoming train which will run them over.
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Acting is a form of confession.
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Netweaver was going to be the number one middleware player in the world. We heard about Netweaver day and night. Oracle became number one. No one talks about Netweaver.
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Customers are using BetterWorks in a number of creative ways to reward and incentivize employees.
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I finally did work out a very good relationship with my father, but it was rough growing up. We had a lot of conflict, and I think it surfaced in many of my works.
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You are right to demand that an artist engage his work consciously, but you confuse two different things: solving the problem and correctly posing the question.
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I'm into women. I've always loved women.
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'Farscape' is a story about family. It's a story about creating life in a harsh environment. That's what a lot of people relate to in the story.
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In the autumn of 1970 I had a job singing in the school system, playing my guitar in classrooms.
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The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions.
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I have a bachelor's and a master's in jazz.
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Even though I knew I was inside the space shuttle getting ready to go fly, something about it wasn't completely real up until we got the call at about one minute to go, to close and lock our visors and start our oxygen flow. People often ask me, "What did it feel like right at the moment of launch?" And they're surprised when I tell them actually what I felt was relief. It wasn't like being anxious or scared or anything. It was relief because this is something I had wanted to do my whole life and now that the boosters had lit, we were on our way to go do it and nothing was going to stop us.
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I was from very poor people: 11 of us in a two-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn. I wanted the large houses, the cars, jets, and yacht.
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There are ways that we can manipulate the corporate media to talk about the issues that we care about.
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I always saw myself as a big-nosed, big-eared kid. I've never tried to kind of capitalize on that stuff. I think a lot of people do when they can.
