Ben Peek Quotes
In truth, I've never been a big superhero fan. I don't mind some of the movies, and a couple of the cartoons were alright - that Batman series from the early nineties where Mark Hamill voiced the Joker is sweetness. But largely, I've not really had much time for superheroes.
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My father passed away when I was very young, so I was head of household for a very long time. Whether it came to cooking food or having to braid hair to get kids out of the door for school, I've been one that has - with the help of my mother - has been a father figure for a lot of young ladies.
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Home court changes everything. If you have home court, you're expected to win.
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Homophobia is rampant in soccer, probably more so than in any other sport. I'm not sure why.
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All you have to do is come to Ohio and say, 'I think NAFTA is a lousy deal,' and everybody cheers.
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If I had an ego as big as the Eiffel Tower, would I have won this many collective trophies? I know people like to talk about it. And O.K., I am not going to answer every story. But maybe I will let my collective trophies speak for themselves. I don't know many other footballers who have won as much. Do you?
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If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me.
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I'm lucky enough to do what I like for work - not everyone's that fortunate.
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I don't go cheap on anything, but I'm not a shopper. If I want something, I look at it, decide what it is, but it will usually be the best product. I've got a pair of loafers that I still wear that I got in 1957.
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The thing is, often press people ask questions that are so personal that even your nearest and dearest wouldn't ask them.
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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
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I wanted to weave a green thread through the Conservative party; that's my job, and I signed up imagining that I would be in a very small minority within my party, possibly even on my own, battling away on these issues.
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I think there is a poem out there for everyone, to be an entrance into the poetry and a relationship with it.
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When Christ died, He died for you individually just as much as if you'd been the only man in the world.
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I want to be like Robin Williams, really. It's all the different characters he does, all the different voices.
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We are all tasked to balance and optimize ourselves.
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No better way is there to learn to love Nature than to understand Art. It dignifies every flower of the field. And, the boy who sees the thing of beauty which a bird on the wing becomes when transferred to wood or canvas will probably not throw the customary stone.
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My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.
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Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies. Nobody that matters, that is.
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You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
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In chamber music, the audience can hear each instrument and understand (and feel) what the composer and the musicians have in mind as they play.
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I am very proud of my public record and the many accomplishments of my office. It has been a tremendous honor to represent the 6th District of Texas for over three decades, but now it is time to step aside and let there be a new voice.
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The world went by, and we didn't get caught up in all the other things, because we didn't have time. We had no spare time. It was always thinking about training and focusing on what we wanted, our goals.
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It costs so much to promote something these days that almost always safety is the preferred option, reference back to things which have been successful in the past. Also, people are simply not given the time to develop and find themselves and their audience as we were.
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In truth, I've never been a big superhero fan. I don't mind some of the movies, and a couple of the cartoons were alright - that Batman series from the early nineties where Mark Hamill voiced the Joker is sweetness. But largely, I've not really had much time for superheroes.
