Ben Gillies Quotes
Ten years from now, I'll probably be an accountant or something, maybe a rocket scientist. That's what I'm aiming for. I've got a few degrees, I'm actually going to Yale, yeah. I'm pretty intellectual, yeah, you know, whatever you call it.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
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Hopefully, film inspires you to think about human nature. It make us consider how we treat strangers and our most intimate.
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I enjoyed making this album a lot because of the knowledge we acquired over the last 3 years.
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Animal vision - including human vision - is so biased toward movement that we don't technically see stationary objects at all.
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Did you really think I would sell you out?
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I think long-term, Bitcoin is a currency of the Internet. So, even if humans don't use it, routers will use it. Web browsers will use it. Web servers will use it.
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I believe that work can be done on security; in combating terrorism in Mexico we have done our part in this area. But at the same time, the world must continue working.
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To fund major cultural efforts, we must not rely alone on government and foundation patronage; if the farmer can spend for beer, he can pay for good entertainment which he can understand, which he can identify with and which will fortify his spirit.
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The whole concept of rewarding customers is a big trend.
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Sincere practice, makes the impossible possible.
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I consider myself lucky to have been born into a family that valued service to both one's country and one's community.
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In a fallen world, if you demand perfection or nothing, you will always get nothing.
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The wise decision by President Obama to grant some undocumented immigrants the right to remain in the United States for two years without the threat of deportation is already benefitting the country.
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It’s like a language. You learn the alphabet, which are the scales. You learn sentences, which are the chords. And then you talk extemporaneously with the horn. It’s a wonderful thing to speak extemporaneously, which is something I’ve never gotten the hang of. But musically I love to talk just off the top of my head. And that’s what jazz music is all about.
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I think I speak for the guy who is just s a regular guy who says yo I don't wanna go to an expensive restaurant.
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The essayist has to follow a certain intellectual pattern. The novelist has the advantage of using fantasy, of being subjective.
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Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.
