Lawrence Bender Quotes
Being with Al Gore on the red carpet in Cannes was exciting - he's like a rock star unto himself!
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My dad and I would watch Ray Lewis a lot. His tenacity, and he was everywhere. I wanted that mindset, too.
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I lose film roles because I'm a person who doesn't keep quiet about certain things. But if my heart tells me something is wrong, I'm going to go and do something about it.
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People shouldn't have to spend a lot of money to get high-quality clothing.
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For decades, Iran has covertly worked to develop a nuclear weapons program and has repeatedly violated its international obligations.
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You eventually get used to looking at girls picking their leotards out of their bums and that sort of stuff.
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There was one man in the Labour government, Robin Cook, whom I had a very high regard for. He had the courage to speak out and to resign over Iraq. He was an admirable man. But resignation over a matter of principle is not a very fashionable thing in our society.
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Politics is largely a matter of heart.
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Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.
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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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I believe that everything has a shelf life.
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I like seeing advanced acrobatics, but I also like to see more than tumbling. It's important to combine the artistry of gymnastics with the tough skills. It's called artistic gymnastics. We should stand by the name.
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I would describe my look as 'ladylike rock chick.'
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I've found that you don't need to wear a necktie if you can hit.
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Every school should have well-rehearsed emergency response protocols covering a variety of possible scenarios, from fire to armed intruders. Schools should have good lines of communications with local emergency response officials and practice those relationships in drills and special exercises.
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In real life, too, women love to be that girl who tames the bad boy.
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We give a lot of others significance in our lives even when they don't deserve it. It doesn't matter if they're family or if you've known them forever. If they're not good for you, they've got to go.
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If there's no fire, there's no scream. If there's no scream, then no one hears you and no one comes to help you in the first place. The depth of my struggle has definitely determined the height of my success. To be able to teach my kids not just about success but about the struggle that comes with it.
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Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.
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Why write for the orchestra? For one thing it's a very challenging problem.
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I'm as vain as the next guy. I have a facade on right now. But you can't see it, because it's reality-based.
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One of the beautiful things about being a part of 'Star Wars' is that it's one of those few things that are community-building in that way. Maybe that way of putting it is a little self-important. But it is something we all have a connection to, something everybody knows about. There aren't that many of those things.
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Everyone has a struggle in life, and the question is do you allow yourself to be overcome by it or do you master it with unified strength and power. This is exactly what the music was meant to do, to transend your normal world, to make you more than what you are, to make you set down your burden for a while. Feel powerful, feel invincible, feel indestructible; believe in something as opposed to believing in nothing; spread the sickness, infect the world.
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Making fake biography, false history, concocting a half-imaginary existence out of the actual drama of my life is my life.
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Being with Al Gore on the red carpet in Cannes was exciting - he's like a rock star unto himself!
