Benjamin Earl King (Ben E. King) Quotes
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You can imagine, if somebody's approaching retirement, and all of a sudden the funds that he or she is depending on is depleted by 50% or however many, it gives them a sinking feeling in the pit of their stomach.
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I wanted to just come out and continue to improve my game, continue to improve my mental capacity to play well in tournaments. I've had a slow year compared to last year, but I've been pleased because I felt like I was getting better.
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Even the most embarrassing mishap can be spun into comedic gold.
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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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Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish.
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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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For me, certain shots or scenes are keys in the movie.
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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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As soon as I could talk, I chose shorts to wear.
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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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One day of practice is like one day of clean living. It doesn't do you any good.
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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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I never deal in transformations, for they are not honest, and no respectable sorceress likes to make things appear to be what they are not.
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Men who marry for gratification, propagation or the matter of buttons or socks, must expect to cope with and deal in a certain amount of quibble, subterfuge, concealments, and double, deep-dyed prevarication.
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Life, struck sharp on death,Makes awful lightning. His last word was, 'Love–'Love, my child, love, love!'–(then he had done with grief)'Love, my child.' Ere I answered he was gone,And none was left to love in all the world.
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But no one came. Because no one ever does.
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It isn't positions which lend men distinction, but men who enhance positions.
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With film, I have to be a team player; it's a whole different thing. I can't just be a one-man show. I have to learn how to use people to the best of their ability and motivate them to be as passionate about the project as I am.
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It's going to be intense. This is what we played the whole tournament for, we had to play an extra game but I think that's a good thing, we got some line combinations working together fairly well now.
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I'd originally intended 'Stand By Me' for the Drifters.
