Ben Hopkins Quotes
We're not writing songs to solve a cultural problem. The goal for us is to express what we're going through, and it's great if people find commonality in that.
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I had no expectations of white people at all.
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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The older I get, the more I understand that the only way to say valuable things is to lose your fear of being correct.
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I am such a do-goody, people-pleasing kid - or I was - I don't think I've ever been fired, not even from an ice cream shop, magician for kids' parties, not even in my early jobs in radio.
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I've been playing old parts forever. I play 93 quite often. When you've done it more than once, you take the hint. I think it's a great burden if you're one of those fantastic stars who've always been beautiful; then I think it's hard.
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Andy Andrews is the best speaker I have ever seen.
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If you want to wear long hair or wear that dress, as long as you're not hurting yourself or anybody else, I say do it. If you want to go out and have a romantic, sexy affair, do it.
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My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.
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A novel is a great act of passion and intellect, carpentry and largess. From the very beginning, I wrote to explain my own life to myself, and I invited readers who chose to make the journey with me to join me on the high wire.
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I have always enjoyed the company of women and have formed deep and long-lasting friendships with many of them.
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I've approached every character I've ever played with a poem, first and foremost.
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When people get things for free, they tend to not take them as seriously.
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If you're not bruised up, then you're not doing an action film in a real way.
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I just sing. You have to use it.
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The Fourth of July should be celebrated with big hearts.
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If the French noblesse had been capable of playing cricket with their peasants, their chateaux would never have been burnt.
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What we see today is an American economy that has boomed because of policies and developments of the 1950s and '60s: the interstate-highway system, massive funding for science and technology, a public-education system that was the envy of the world and generous immigration policies.
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I think it's very hard to write things about being joyful. I find that quite difficult. I think when you're happy, you don't want to write songs; you just want to enjoy being happy.
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A lot of great people come to Facebook. In our business, we're about how do we help connect our companies to great people across all levels.
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People say to me now, 'Oh, you've given up the piano.' How can you? Music is a virus.
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That's why you put out records: hoping that people will connect with them. I mean, I play music for myself, for sure, and I would still play music even if people didn't like it. But it means a lot when it connects to people and they enjoy it. But it's funny: you get criticism as much as you get praise. It kind of evens out after awhile.
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There is no doubt that we cannot do without variable quantities in the sense of the potential infinite. But from this very fact the necessity of the actual infinite can be demonstrated.
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We're not writing songs to solve a cultural problem. The goal for us is to express what we're going through, and it's great if people find commonality in that.
