Benjamin Earl King (Ben E. King) Quotes
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I have always been interested in design, but in the beginning I didn't set out to make jewelry specifically.
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Anytime anybody is rude, it makes me double-check my own behavior to make sure I don't do that to other people.
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I developed a passion for the Middle Ages the same way some people develop a passion for coconuts.
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I usually do get to play the very sweet, charming roles... but I'm not an obvious kind of villain.
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Every performer can get better. It's not about staying with what God gave you and doing nothing with it for the rest of your life.
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The thing that stood out above and beyond all the experiences was this relationship with the nine-month-old baby. On weekends, I'd be thinking about going back to set on Monday just to see the baby.
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As we grow in our consciousness, there will be more compassion and more love, and then the barriers between people, between religions, between nations will begin to fall. Yes, we have to beat down the separateness.
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It's a mistake not to give people a chance to learn to depend on themselves while they are young.
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Manus haec inimica tyrannisEnse petit placidam sub libertate quietem.
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Wildflower corners are easy to maintain, but once gone, they are hard to rebuild.
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J'ai embrassé l'aube d'été.
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Incompetence is a better explanation than conspiracy in most human activity.
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The least I can do is show Medgar I still care. And Martin.
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Look there are going to be, there are already adjustment processes in place but the point is that you'll actually make them work and get satisfactory outcomes if there's decent burden sharing along the way. If there's, if you like a proper transitional assistance.
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The world doesn't need an artist who shows reality as it is.
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'The Sun Also Rises' by Ernest Hemingway is my favorite book. You feel manly reading it.
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You don't really know how your film is going to turn out, but you can give it your best shot and hope the audience loves it. This has been my approach right from the beginning, and it's helped me a lot in my journey. All you can do is give the film your everything.
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High value information came from interrogations in which those methods were used and provided a deeper understanding of the al Qa'ida organization that was attacking this country.
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The tears of those repenting are the wine of angels.
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Christians remind me of schoolboys who want to look up the answers to their math problems in the back of the book rather than work them through.
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I began writing when I was still in the British Foreign Service, and it was then understood that even if you wrote about butterfly collecting, you used another name.
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Tonight, the news debated the intelligence of a bear. And it got my wondering why humanity rewards itself for passing tests that we create. And that got me wondering why we care. I've studied enough wars to know that the intelligence of the target isn't on the mind of the person with the gun. Maybe we should stop talking about intelligence and start discussing our grades in compassion.
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I'd originally intended 'Stand By Me' for the Drifters.
