Ben Harper Quotes
That happens every time I get behind a guitar, regardless of what I'm saying, 'cause music is freedom and being free is the closest I've ever felt to being spiritual.
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I burp, I fart. I'm a real woman.
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Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
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What goes for sex goes double for politics.
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I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.
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I love 'The Guardian' series. Bianca St. Ives is one of my favorite heroines ever, and the combination of action, suspense, and romance makes her story pure fun to write.
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I really enjoy dancing. When there's music around, I can't help it; I start dancing, especially when I'm with friends.
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I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me.
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President Obama was deeply and clearly affected by the Sandy Hook disaster.
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I fantasized being a broadcaster.
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A little and a little, collected together, becomes a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and drop make the inundation.
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I am going to put money into education at the expense of other programs.
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Programs like food stamps, unemployment insurance, Medicaid, and job retraining help Americans get back on their feet when they are down and out and laid off through no fault of their own.
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It never occurred to me that I'd be on a television show or in feature films but when those came into play my dreams changed along the way.
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You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.
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The two championship contenders, Dario Franchitti and Will Power, are starting right next to each other in the middle of the grid. Honestly, if I can be fast enough early in the race to be able to get up there and latch onto those two, it will be pure entertainment. It's going to be a pack race, and you never know how that's going to turn out.
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I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.
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At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.
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The Olympics have their own unique atmosphere and energy. People might say it's just the same as any other competition, but don't kid yourself. There's a hunger for victory.
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It's good that I managed to hoodwink so many people. I am actually not that nice a person.
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I personally love the record-making more than the actually performing and travelling. It's funny, the drastic shift in lifestyle that comes with it. It certainly satisfies my more adventurous side, but it leaves little time for contemplation and all of that.
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When you stop being nervous is when you should retire. I'm always a little nervous for anything I do because when complacency sets in, that's when I feel it's time to move on to something else.
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I have a lot of older brothers who messed up in different ways in my mother's eyes. So I learned from all of their mistakes. I can't go into detail, but while I was growing up, I always tried to make it a goal to relieve some of the stress my mother went through.
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For me, there are worse things than being pigeonholed as the nice guy.
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That happens every time I get behind a guitar, regardless of what I'm saying, 'cause music is freedom and being free is the closest I've ever felt to being spiritual.
