Ben Elliot Quotes
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I got a New York designer to build my dream store here, which is a little bit of Florence in New York. It's like the Duomo on Madison. I got inspired by Santa Maria Novella and all the Renaissance architecture.
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It is so difficult in the world for people to find love, true love.
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I feel optimistic about how heterogeneous societies pull together. We just have to keep on with the struggle.
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I hate bell peppers, which is annoying because they technically have my name all over them.
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The goal seems to me at times just to be business first.
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With the greatest of respect, I have watched Apple from the day it started. I was publishing magazines about the Apple II before most people had ever heard what a personal computer was.
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Towns oftener swamp one than carry one out onto the big ocean of life.
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The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark.
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On stage, you can use your emotions. It's the place where you can channel them. They have a purpose.
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It is our historical experience, that Hungary can only live in wealth and safety if Berlin, Moscow, and Ankara are on our side and also interested in our success - even if we do not always agree on certain questions.
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Rich countries have been sending aid to poor countries for the last 60 years. And, by and large, this has failed.
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I don't want to sound disingenuous here - controversy is obviously good for business, especially if your business is satire. And it does amplify the discussion - in my view, a good thing.
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Stuff that I write isn't as similar to the stuff that I'm in, but I don't really care. I just do comedy.
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Remember our proud history of social justice, universal health care, public pensions and making sure no one is left behind. Let's continue to move forward.
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Life isn't fair, and it isn't government's job to make life fair. But if you're not willing to give up on yourself, then we shouldn't give up on you, either.
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But now that I'm cartooning full-time, I'm more of an observer. I'm talking to people who are experiencing these things. But it's not like being in the trenches.
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Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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Democracy is about non-arbitrary decisions. Democracy is about spreading decisions; it is not about destroying processes.
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Growing up in Texas, mum had five girls to feed on a very limited budget, so we'd end up eating the same thing until it was gone - some weeks it was carrots.
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You can't move mountains by whispering at them.
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With the Lincoln assassination, the South didn't feel it could mourn along with the North. But Garfield was beloved by all the American people. He was trusted and respected by North and South, by freed slaves and former slave owners. Also by pioneers, which his parents had been, and by immigrants.
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For me, a stay at the Uma Paro with Pilates every morning is a perfect escape.
