Ben Zobrist Quotes
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I have many different sides; I can be the life and soul of the party - or a wallflower.
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I have some girls who I look back on and I think, 'Wow, they were really horrible to me.' I would love an apology from a few girls, but whatever. I'm not holding any grudges. I'm over it.
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Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.
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I'll have the chance to do a production number on A Capitol Fourth.
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Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young.
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Prohibition, like so many other policies imposed from the moral high ground, typically by those who do not drink, disproportionately affects the poor who resort to illegally brewed alcohol when they want a drink, not infrequently leading to their death, and are more likely to be harassed by the police.
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Artists want to be congratulated because they should be.
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The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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Because of my own family's service (in the U.S. Army, Navy, and Massachusetts and New York National Guard), I am a strong supporter of the military and do believe that there are just wars.
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Hear the other side.
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For singers, I believe we can sing in a lot of keys. I know I have this big range, but the point is to find a key that emotionally connects people.
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Modeling is basically 'Buy more stuff! Don't you want some more stuff? It will make you look ten years younger and men will like you!' If I'd wanted to be a salesperson, I would have got a job selling.
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Never put a sock in a toaster.
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I differ materially from Capt. Lewis, in my account of the numbers, manners, and morals of the Sioux.
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So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.
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I don't think anyone has written a great graphic novel.
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In Australia, we've always been a country that runs the ball right up the middle on the fifth tackle. We've never seen a challenge we didn't like, and we've certainly never run from one.
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Cultures are never merely intellectual constructs. They take form through the collective intelligence and memory, through a commonly held psychology and emotions, through spiritual and artistic communion.
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Love is a positive, symbiotic, reciprocal flow between two or more entities.
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Once I could drive, I spent all my time in the city going to metal shows. I missed the first couple of Metallica shows because I was lame. By the time I got into them, they were playing places like the Kabuki.
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Stories that can be told through language and words don't need to be filmed.
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Total immersion in and saturation with the Savior's gospel are essential steps in the process of being born again.
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All amateur travellers have experienced horror journeys, long or short, sooner or later, one way or another. As a student of disaster, I note that we react alike to our tribulations: frayed and bitter at the time, proud afterwards. Nothing is better for self-esteem than survival.
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When you're hot, you try to ride it as long as you can.
