Ben Gillies Quotes
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I do remember the tour of 'Cats' in Philadelphia. I was 12 and had a stomach bug.
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What's upsetting about an autobiography is that the final chapter is always missing. I mean, you want the death, don't you?
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If you want to fight a war on drugs, sit down at your own kitchen table and talk to your own children.
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I don't ever wish I was somebody else.
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Smoke machines are the best!
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My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society.
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I don't know what I was expecting or what I was dreaming about the xx accomplishing.
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Ignorance is not bliss, but in my case, that was.
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There is no way to prosperity, prosperity is the way.
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I think probably the thing I'm worst at is the most ephemeral stuff, like blogs. I find it really hard to write. And I'm often been asked to write columns for papers in Peru. And I can't. I would die. There's no way I could write a column.
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The type of renovation I do most often is opening a kitchen to the family room.
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I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.
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I get a lot of letters that say, 'I'm a normal, down-to-earth girl. I love to cook, and I love sports.' What I also get are letters from a whole bunch of moms saying, 'My daughter is awesome,' and, 'My daughter is a great daughter.'
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My workout involves cardio, jogging, and yoga as well. I am a firm believer of yoga and meditation.
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Everyone should have the opportunity to get affordable, quality health coverage.
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Success begins at that magical moment when you declare to yourself, your friends, and the universe that you believe you can do something different.
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In any authoritarian society, the possessor of power dictates, and if you try and step outside, he will come after you. This is equally true of Sovietism, of China and of Iran, and in our time it has happened a lot in Islam. The point is that it's worse when the authoritarianism is supported by something supernatural.
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Fate was dealing from the bottom of the deck.
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One person seeking glory doesn't accomplish very much.
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You never mean a single word you say.
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The first petition that we are to make to Almighty God is for a good conscience, the next for health of mind, and then of body.
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When people ask me what 'American Pie' means, I tell them it means I don't ever have to work again if I don't want to.
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When a politician says the debate is over, you can be sure of two things; the debate is raging; and he's losing it.
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Don't say the F word, it's rude.
