Sam Bettens Quotes
I was so young, and I didn't know a lot about life yet, and part of me sometimes wishes that I could experience that now, knowing what I know and with a little more wisdom.
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'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
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During my childhood, I was surrounded by actors, and all I remember is they were fun to be around. That kind of sticks.
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Menon the Thessalian did not either conceal his immoderate desire of riches or his desire of commanding, in order to increase them, or of being esteemed for the same reason. He desired to be well with those in power, that his injustice might escape punishment.
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I know when you're in the business of cover sports, you look for 60-minute games and a result. It's never that simple.
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Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis.
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My mom and I are very close.
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I'm only superstitious on the tennis court.
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For thus it is, men of Athens, in truth: wherever a man has placed himself thinking it is the best place for him, or has been placed by a commander, there in my opinion he ought to stay and to abide the hazard, taking nothing into the reckoning, either death or anything else, before the baseness of deserting his post.
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'The world? The world is not interested in us. Today, everything is possible, even the crematoria...'
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I'm singing these songs to inspire you, to keep you going, to lift you up and give you a reason to get up in the morning.
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The creative project of self-government - hard and frustrating but necessary - is to produce that political commonwealth that changes over time, that can change sometimes by the minute, if circumstances intervene.
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I was the female lead in a romantic comedy. It's a little indie film that we shot in China called 'America Town,' starring Daniel Henney and Bill Paxton. I actually had to speak Chinese in the film. It was funny because I found out I was doing the film and then a week later, I was in Shanghai.
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I have disagreements with leadership, I have disagreements with the speaker, but I have those one-on-one.
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Actually, I didn't plan to be an actor.
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People would rather have art or gold instead of paper money.
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I just feel rejuvenated in such a big way because of these race cars I get to drive.
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You have gigantic companies feeding off musicians and artists because the artists need the exposure.
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That's the trouble with the suburbs: it's not a city, so you're not anonymous, and it's not a small town, so that people really care about you, but everybody kind of knows each other's business, so you're very judged.
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I don't really understand why people are so interested in me, personally. I'm just a curator. I'm just telling people things I think are cool.
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I'm a rock and roll singer.
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Teaching children the joy of honest labor is one of the greatest of all gifts you can bestow upon them. Let us also teach our children to see that the work assigned is carried to its completion and to take pride in what they accomplish.
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As humans, we have evolved to compete... it is in our genes, and we love to watch a competition.
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For a kid, self-esteem can be as close at hand as a sports victory or a sense of belonging in a peer group. It's a much more complicated and elusive proposition for adults, subject to the responsibilities and vicissitudes of grown-up life.
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I was so young, and I didn't know a lot about life yet, and part of me sometimes wishes that I could experience that now, knowing what I know and with a little more wisdom.
