Ben Chandler Quotes
I have the happy circumstance of either being accused of political grandstanding on the one hand or cover-ups on the other.
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I never was good at learning things. I did just enough work to pass. In my opinion it would have been wrong to do more than was just sufficient, so I worked as little as possible.
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During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.
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There is no one looking out for us. We are all alone.
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Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
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Some men have a necessity to be mean, as if they were exercising a faculty which they had to partially neglect since early childhood.
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Chuck Cooper is a friend, and I adore him. He can do so many things.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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Actors are just soldiers who follow commands.
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To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard.
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Give news a little more time, and don't request that they also, in their news time, entertain. We're not entertainers. We're journalists. And we need more time to do our job well.
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Writing is like a rollercoaster ride for me, an adventure. I love exploring the world through 'playing' people who are absolutely nothing like me.
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We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds, space has a reality outside our minds, so that we cannot completely prescribe its properties a priori.
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Both my parents are creative. My dad did act when he was younger, but they're both very creative.
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Basically, I tend to see the world differently to other people, and I write books and stories to alter the imagination of people so that they also see the world in a different way.
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A lot of guys go in immediately for status, as opposed to comfort and allowing their home to tell a story about them.
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I want to be a major force.
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When I was nine years old, my family lost our home, and the six of us moved into my grandparents' converted garage.
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Nirvana was huge, but it didn't appeal to everyone.
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All I know is that I'm young and your rules they are oldIf I've got to kill to live then there's something left untoldI'm no statesman I'm no general. I'm no kid I'll never beIt's the rules not the soldier that I find the real enemy.
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The mudslinging has begun.
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All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.
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I have the happy circumstance of either being accused of political grandstanding on the one hand or cover-ups on the other.
