Ben Harper Quotes
Fearlessness, absolutely. Discipline. You also need open-minded creativeness that lets everything in. You never want to lose a word or a phrase, yet every one should count. Always the best language possible. And, finally, knowing when to leave it alone. Stop when it's done.
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Once Dwight Eisenhower makes up his mind, he's full of indecision.
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A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy.
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
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As a musician myself, it annoys the hell out of me to watch an actor trying to play a guitar out of time with the music.
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When you're shooting a TV show, there's not a lot of time to build character.
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I don't putt face-on exclusively, but in the back on my mind I'm haunted by the notion that I'm sure it's the best way to putt.
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As the future is never known with certainty, the evaluation of the prospective benefits requires the formation of expectations. An acceptable house, partner or job, then, is one that offers an expected stream of future benefit that has a value in excess of the option to continue to search for an even better alternative.
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Another thing: despite my youthful appearance, I am quite capable of making decisions.
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I don't know what I was expecting or what I was dreaming about the xx accomplishing.
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Design firms and progressive companies rely on many of the same tools: rapid prototyping, observational research, creative thinking, collaborative work environments, and multidisciplinary teams.
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When you get successful, you can do pretty much whatever you want.
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It used to be that I wanted to be taller. Once I made 5-foot-1, I was happy.
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I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.
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The money factor had been kind of my excuse as to why I hadn't put out any music. So I just found the cheapest way to make music and get it to people, and that was via the Internet.
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If anything, game development is even more of a team effort than making a movie, so for individuals to get credit for making a game is absolutely insane.
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My workout involves cardio, jogging, and yoga as well. I am a firm believer of yoga and meditation.
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The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.
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I try to travel as much as I can... I'm always looking for a reason to.
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The hardness of a diamond is part of its usefulness, but its true value is in the light that shines through it.
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Even though we're not the most punk rock band, the way we've done things is pretty punk rock. Just kinda say it with a big middle finger to the record labels and do it ourselves.
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I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.
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Some people don't operate in that way: they can't understand how much strength comes from being compassionate and lifting other people up.
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An architect should live as little in cities as a painter. Send him to our hills, and let him study there what nature understands by a buttress, and what by a dome.
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Fearlessness, absolutely. Discipline. You also need open-minded creativeness that lets everything in. You never want to lose a word or a phrase, yet every one should count. Always the best language possible. And, finally, knowing when to leave it alone. Stop when it's done.
