Ben Harper Quotes
They say time will make all this go away. But it's time that has taken my tomorrows and turned them into yesterdays.
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
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Produce great men, the rest follows.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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I pinch myself daily at the good fortune of my life, you know, in many ways.
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It would be nice to be on the charts again, nice to be recognised.
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I think that T.V. shows are more like working at a home. You know you're going to the same place every day, working with the same people, the same cast and crew. You're in a dressing room instead of a trailer, so I think that that's more of a normal sort of lifestyle.
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I think it takes 30 years to build a luxury brand.
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It's still going on. I guess it will be until Redmond quits, dies or is jailed.
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You can't be around Oprah and not have her influence you, and I don't mean that because she's doling out the free advice. I mean it because she is someone that leads with truth and follows her heart. She's a force.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.
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Yeah, I lost court cases and misdemeanor juries, but of felony jury trials I was successful 105 of 106 times.
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Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
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Growing up in Kentucky, I used to hang out with four running buddies as a kid - 6, 10, and 11 years old. Two of them would later come out, and so 50 percent of my friends as a kid were gay.
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It's always an honour doing anything for your country.
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There are other writers who try for subtle and minimalists effects, but I don't travel in that tribe.
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E. Klimov's 'Come and See,' about partisans fighting the Germans in Byelorussia, is the greatest anti-war film ever made.
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KISS is the number-one American band in gold-record sales. In the world, only the Beatles and the Stones are ahead of us. Every other band should be wiping my ass. The line forms over there to the left.
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One thing that really appeals to me is this idea of music being a living thing that has an evolution that, in a way, enables the artist to sell a process rather than a piece of product.
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The next time you're driving from New York to Boston on I-95, you should make a little detour in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, to visit the Old Slater Mill national historic landmark. It's the site of what is considered to be the first successful water-powered textile spinning mill in America.
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I took the vow of celibacy in 1906. I had not shared my thoughts with my wife until then, but only consulted her at the time of making the vow. She had no objection.
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I did 'Philadelphia' and 'What's Eating Gilbert Grape?' at the same time. It's kind of wonderful to do it that way, because you get very hyper-focused.
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They say time will make all this go away. But it's time that has taken my tomorrows and turned them into yesterdays.
