Lawrence Bender Quotes
It's been ingrained in me, from my parents and others, this idea of making a difference in the world.
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The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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I still can't believe it when people say I am a celebrity.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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I'm so tired of stories starting, 'Maud Jones was walking her dog down Broadway.' You've got to go over to the back page somewhere to finally find out the damn dog was run over by a truck. Get the thing told, for heaven's sake. Everybody doesn't have to be an O. Henry.
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I don't get star-struck at all.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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We have established a new basis in our country in which economic liberalization would continue to flourish alongside democratic forces and deregulated power structure.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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Even before I competed in the Olympics, I always wanted to write a book.
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A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
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When I got into college, I found what ultimately became my life's work. I couldn't sleep at night, I was so excited about it. So I'm attracted to people who play at that level. They actually want to play in their professional life.
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Actually, the language in Shakespeare is wonderfully musical. You need to hear the music to connect with the words.
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Pigeon racing is a lousy, greedy, and often unlawful activity. One thing that it is not is kind to birds.
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I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was female.
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Serial killers are everywhere! Well, perhaps not in our neighborhood, but on our television screens, at the movie theatres, and in rows and rows of books at our local Borders or Barnes and Noble Booksellers.
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All religions try to benefit people, with the same basic message of the need for love and compassion, for justice and honesty, for contentment.
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When I do work, I feel the same sort of urgency as I ever did. If I didn't feel that, I don't think I would wish to be doing it. I wouldn't really see the point.
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Primum quaerite bona animi; caetera aut aderunt, aut non oberunt
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Am I foolish and insignificant or am I great? I gave all the individuals in the world cause to kneel down in front of me.
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Because I happen to believe that the best policy solutions lie in the center ground, then I want to see, how does the center revitalize itself? How does it develop the policy agenda for the future? And how do we link up people who have the same basic ideas and attachments to the same basic values across the world?
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Sports cars from the '50s and '60s are my favorites.
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Really, a young Atheist cannot guard his faith too carefully. Dangers lie in wait for him on every side.
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It's been ingrained in me, from my parents and others, this idea of making a difference in the world.
