Ben Vereen Quotes
The stage sharpened my creative instrument and encouraged me to go deeper and try new things.
Quotes to Explore
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I heard that in the United States the level of baseball was the highest in the world. So it was only natural that I would want to go there, as a baseball player.
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The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.
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I'll tell you one thing: Don't ever give anybody your best advice, because they're not going to follow it.
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I don't second-guess our playcalling or wanting to throw it. Honestly, we've got terrific guys. We know how to matchup. We know how to get open. That part of our game is so intact.
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Growing up, I was always in the kitchen. Even in third grade, I made cooking videos called 'The Little Italian.' Very little production value, but it was good.
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It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.
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My impression of Americans from the beginning is of the best, and I have never since had cause to alter my mind. They are a kind, sympathetic race of people and naturally proud of their country.
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It wasn't like I was self-motivated. My dad started me. It was his dream before it was mine.
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Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time.
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To communicate the truths of history is an act of hope for the future.
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You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.
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The Congress is a dysfunctional institution; it's broken. One of our three branches of government is broken.
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I think what made John Lennon so exciting as an artist is that, like Dylan and other musicians with a truly important musical legacy, he had several faces, personas that changed over time as he developed.
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It is better to go down in infamy than to never go down at all.
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I don't know if a government bailout will rescue America's auto industry, but I do know that if there is a bailout, it better come with a big, bright stop sign and lots of strings attached.
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Before acting took off, I was a professional kiteboarder training for the world circuit; with a sporting activity, you have to be determined, and it taught me to have a thick skin, which came in use after going to so many auditions and being told 'no.'
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I started really thinking a lot about where does a country go when we stop being able to speak to each other, when a nation stops being able to solve problems because its ideological differences become so deep that it just becomes dysfunctional.
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I first thought about becoming a writer after the age of 30, which is rather late, I'd say. In my 20s, I wasn't especially good at anything, and I didn't have a lot of experiences. I was just a young woman without a good job.
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We must look after football and to do what it is necessary to bring to the game the best ethical values and personal behaviour.
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The economy is too weak right now. We need to jump-start it. The American Jobs Act will provide that jump-start, to help us into next year and the year after that.
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I admire directors so much, I find them incredible: they manage such a huge number of people of different characters, think of the money involved.
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At times there is nothing so unnatural as nature.
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We must recognise that in an integrated world, trade cannot be divorced from other concerns. We need to promote free trade and serious global efforts with respect to common problems even as we support every nation's right to chart its own course.
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The stage sharpened my creative instrument and encouraged me to go deeper and try new things.
