Ben Elliot Quotes
When you think about the word 'quintessentially', it's about trying to get to the very essence of something.
Quotes to Explore
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I'd like to scale back the television. I'm constantly told that I'm over-exposed, and I don't want to end up like Carol Vorderman.
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Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
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If you can achieve winning a league championship, that, to me, is the full test of the team and management because it is over the full season and you have a lot of problems you have to overcome.
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Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.
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Every decision to use military force is an excruciatingly difficult one.
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I hadn't focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.
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There's so much that I can give as a human being - and I know that.
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As the great grandchildren of the industrial revolution, we have learned, at last, that the heedless pursuit of more is unsustainable and, ultimately, unfulfilling. Our planet, our security, our sense of equanimity and our very souls demand something better, something different.
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I think protecting your family and giving to them is so important. It's the most important achievement.
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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
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If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack.
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Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in to the BBC complaining about my appearance.
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My job is making money, helping other people make money. I am spending money, trying to make sure more people get rich, because you cannot spend a lot of money, right? So my job is spending money, helping others. This is a headache.
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When I was in Van Halen I was hitting notes that were out of my range. I never went for those registers before until Eddie pulled it out of me.
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I only get to spend about six to eight weeks in Australia now and I really miss my family and friends.
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It's interesting, the things you learn when you're 21. I learned never to get tattoos in the middle of shooting a movie. Because if you're not Angelina Jolie or Megan Fox, they will fire you.
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The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.
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Romy and I, we're learning how to share the xx with people who aren't in the xx.
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A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten', he does not say 'My men were beaten.'
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The nation is a community. Community of individuals, community of generations.
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I'm always having to check myself and make sure I'm not over singing in some ensemble thing that will render me unavailable for participation in the stuff where it really counts.
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Dirty martinis and music - that's the big motto in our family. We get the booze going, and the music starts playing. Always old-school hip-hop. Jay-Z. Tribe Called Quest. The Pharcyde. My parents love that stuff.
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Were we positive, eager, real - alive? No, we were not. We were a nothingness shot with gleams of what might be.
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When you think about the word 'quintessentially', it's about trying to get to the very essence of something.
