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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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The woman who has her being in marriage and motherhood has become part of antithetical reality, revoking property from the woman who remains in a condition of intangible femininity.
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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 think once you write fiction, you put it out, and it can be interpreted in a variety of ways, some of which are going to be shocking to the writer.
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Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.
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I've always wanted to be a real universal artist, one that every type of audience could relate to.
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I'm not the best person at putting words together. I can't give you the melody. But I might inspire somebody.
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Human curation allows you to have the emotion and feel music, because it is a very emotional thing. It makes you feel happy; it helps you when you are feeling sad, gets you pumped up, calms you down.
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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.
