Andre Benjamin Quotes
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I know that I was put on this planet to be an athlete.
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Because I travel so much, I bring my workout clothes and shoes wherever I go. That way I can always do some exercise.
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I'm an actress, not a pinup.
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Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.
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I don't play anymore, because I know I'm not going to be a pro golfer. So there's no reason to golf.
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The mandate we have as Jews is for the story of the Exodus from Egypt to be retold every generation.
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I buy so much fake jewelry, it's funny. It's not real. I don't wear real diamonds or anything.
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I'd like to make something about someone who hasn't existed so that I don't have to tread so carefully and can feel a little bit more creative freedom.
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I use iTunes for downloading music, but I always decline when prompted to update this or that new version.
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I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.
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Education can counteract the natural tendency to do the wrong thing, but the inexorable succession of generations requires that the basis for this knowledge be constantly refreshed.
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The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and re-imagines the world.
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I was lucky I always got along with girls. It was never like a big deal. I had a lot of girls that I was friends with that I wasn't sexual with. I think having two older sisters made me comfortable like that. I just like people, so I can just go up and say whatever.
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I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past.
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I always believed in my characters. I lived them.
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I am guilty of asking the Senate for pork and proud of the Senate for giving it to me.
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The most I like about cooking is eating what someone else has cooked.
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Politics is repetition. It is not change. Change is something beyond what we call politics. Change is the essence politics is supposed to be the means to bring into being.
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I don't begin a novel or a screenplay until I know the ending. And I don't mean only that I have to know what happens. I mean that I have to hear the actual sentences. I have to know what atmosphere the words convey.
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It is not only blessed to give thanks; it is also of vital importance to our prayer life in general. If we have noted the Lord's answers to our prayers and thanked Him for what we have received of Him, then it becomes easier for us, and we get more courage, to pray for more.
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Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.
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If thou wouldst be happy, bring thy mind to thy condition, and have an indifferency for more than what is sufficient.
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Australia is about as far away as you can get. I like that.
