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 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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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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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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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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Seriously, I don't think there's any right way to do anything apart from if you're just being you; then it's a sincere situation.
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It's important to know what motivates you, not what motivates somebody else.
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There is no gay leader anywhere near the stature of Martin Luther King, because black activism drew on the profound spiritual tradition of the church, to which gay political rhetoric is childishly hostile.
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By the living jingo, she was all of a muck of sweat.
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A genius is a genius, regardless of the number of morons who belong to the same race-and a moron is a moron, regardless of the number of geniuses who share his racial origin.3
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When I wrote 'The Interestings,' I wanted to let time unspool, to give the book the feeling of time passing. I had to allow myself the freedom to move back and forth in time freely, and to trust that readers would accept this.
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The view that we hold in Iraq now is this - that democracy is associated with elections. I believe that elections are possible.
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Some people are songwriters, and some people are just recording artists. I'm both. I write and record.
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Congress is responsible for everything and unable to do anything, hated by the public creditors, insulted by the soldiers and unsupported by the citizens.
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The women I'm attracted to playing I hope will mean something to someone.
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The stage sharpened my creative instrument and encouraged me to go deeper and try new things.
