Ben Folds Quotes
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By the time I got to Northwestern University in 1930, I was a football bum more interested in being an All-Star player and signing on with a pro team than going after a newspaper job.
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Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
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Since 9/11, there has been a huge leap in people wanting to get personally involved in public service and international affairs.
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I am getting to that age where I am too old to play the boy next door and too young to play Uncle Fester.
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I was fortunate enough to visit a lot of beautiful places around the world. The most astonishing and memorable experiences were my trips to Africa and Australia.
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Secretly, I think everyone who makes fun of California really does want to be in California.
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Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away.
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I don't really care about gossip. I care about building great businesses.
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Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
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I was a shy gay man at a time when it was illegal to be gay.
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I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.
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I certainly love doing comedy and feel most comfortable near it.
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We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.
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I had a strong vision for 'The Best Man Holiday,' so I was able to translate that to the actors and ultimately to the screen. Things can't get too heavy or too outrageously funny; it has to strike a balance. Tone is everything. If you've set the right tone, you can get away with a lot of stuff. You can get away with making people cry.
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With great ideas come great changes. Bitcoin's that.
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When I feel like my body is exhausted, I focus on making my fifth Olympic team so I can push through it.
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I established a certain standard of behavior, that, during my playing, there must be no talking.
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Our music comes from our hearts - and it always has.
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For an industry that's built on science, the technology world sure has its share of myths.
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Goals that are not written down and developed into plans are like bullets without powder in the cartridge. People with unwritten goals go through life shooting blanks.
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I was attracted by the curve - the liberated, sensual curve suggested by the possibilities of new technology yet so often recalled in venerable old baroque churches.
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My dream is to have a creativity barn, in my back yard, which is full of musical instruments and every kind of paint and oils and paper, and you can just go in and make something.
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Physics is always a gamble; it is a game of exploration. That’s the fun of it. We never know for sure what will happen. Sometimes, we theorists can anticipate, but nature is the final judge.
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Now that I have found someone I'm feeling more alone Than I ever have before.
