Benjamin Booker Quotes

I've grown up on gospel and blues music, and now it's a huge part of who I am.

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• I've done nothing but show up and fight, go to work inside the Octagon, outside the Octagon, and do things right. But people want to talk about me and discredit me.

  

  Daniel Cormier
  • People
  • Up
  • Work

• I always get scared. I can't read scripts. I'm scared, scary movies and stuff.

  

  Vanessa Ferlito
  • Always
  • Movies
  • Scary

• I am not saying we are categorizing Ellen White in the biblical context of a false prophet.

  

  Walter Martin
  • Context
  • Biblical
  • Prophet

• I always wear the same thing at home. I can't be bothered with jewelry. My pants have elastic waists. I like to be comfortable. There are so many more important things to worry about.

  

  Barbra Streisand
  • Important
  • Home
  • Worry

• Prior to the United Nations even being formed, Palestine was a country. But the right of the Palestinian people were trampled, and unfortunately, international organizations contributed to those rights being trampled.

  

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
  • People
  • Country
  • Rights

• I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.

  

  Wendell Berry
  • Heart
  • Night
  • Man

• I think the colleges should be free to give athletes less than a full scholarship, no scholarship and more than a scholarship. And the athletes should be free to bargain.

  

  Taylor Branch
  • Think
  • Free
  • Less

• Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.

  

  Warren Buffett
  • Light
  • Broken
  • Habit

• I'm not going to say what was being used in the clubhouse; whatever happens in the clubhouse stays in the clubhouse. But it was not like it was in your face.

  

  Rafael Palmeiro
  • Face
  • Going
  • Used

• I found college useful for a lot of other reasons. It exposed me to a great many influences I wouldn't otherwise have encountered, and gave me a lot of time with some very intelligent people whose thoughts are still with me.

  

  Walter Jon Williams
  • People
  • Time
  • Great

• Congress has a responsibility to make sure our taxpayer dollars are being spent responsibly and effectively, and at the same time, that our men and women in uniform have everything they need to carry out the War on Terror.

  

  Larry Craig
  • Time
  • Men
  • Women

• Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

  

  E. M. Forster
  • Good
  • Logic
  • Gracious

• The vast concourse of people who had assembled to witness the triumphant arrival of the successful travellers was of the lowest orders of mechanics and artisans, among whom great distress and a dangerous spirit of discontent with the government at that time prevailed.

  

  Fanny Kemble
  • People
  • Time
  • Great

• You don't master your fear. You're not able to say, 'I'm not going to be scared.' But what you can do is say, 'OK, I'm very very scared, but I have to do this and this and this.'

  

  Ingrid Betancourt
  • Fear
  • You
  • Scared

• Toronto is exploding with cyclists, with more and more people wanting to cycle and being turned off driving because of the incredible congestion. Biking is a much more efficient way of getting around, and you get there faster.

  

  Dan Hill
  • People
  • You
  • Driving

• Losing feels worse than winning feels good.

  

  Vin Scully
  • Good
  • Winning
  • Losing

• I remember Mr. Mayer very well. He sort of liked to be the father - no, he liked to be treated like you thought he was Daddy, but he didn't treat you like Daddy at all.

  

  Jackie Cooper
  • Remember
  • Father
  • Thought

• The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.

  

  Barbara Jordan
  • America
  • Want
  • Problems

• When I did 'Frankenstein,' the record company said, 'Now you can do 'Dracula' and 'Wolf Man' and we'll call the whole thing Monster Rock!' and I said, 'No, that's not going to happen, I'm not going to do that.' I kind of enjoy defying categorization. I love music in and of itself. I love the beauty of harmony and rhythm.

  

  Edgar Winter
  • Music
  • Enjoy
  • Beauty

• No matter how senior an official is, if he violates party discipline and the law of the country, he will be seriously dealt with and punished.

  

  Li Keqiang
  • Country
  • Law
  • Party

• I was a dancer, growing up, and I definitely thought that was going to be my profession.

  

  Margaret Qualley
  • Up
  • Growing

• When I was 18, and when I entered my family business, I soon realised that it wasn't as easy as I thought. I had to deal with people of my father's generation. Building trust was key to doing business.

  

  Binod Chaudhary
  • People
  • Family
  • Business

• I don't really consider myself an immigrant, because I was born French; I have always spoken the language. I never had the feeling of being a foreigner. I was very lucky: I came to France, and I had enough money to study and to rent a studio. So, for me, it was not difficult.

  

  Leila Slimani
  • Money
  • Feeling
  • Study

• I've grown up on gospel and blues music, and now it's a huge part of who I am.

  

  Benjamin Booker
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  • Music