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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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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God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven.
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What is more comforting to the terrorists around the world: the failure to pass the 9/11 legislation because we lacked a majority of the majority,' or putting aside partisan politics to enact tough new legislation with America's security foremost in mind?
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In the first decade of my life, I came to know and love God, as I was raised in a Christian home and community.
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The surest means of not losing your mind on the spot: remembering that everything is unreal, and will remain so...
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For me, a stay at the Uma Paro with Pilates every morning is a perfect escape.
