Benjamin Booker Quotes
In 2012, I started writing songs - not for the world to hear, but for certain people I needed to talk to. My family, we were not big communicators. I had a hard time talking to people in general.
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It's so necessary to try and record the cultural memory of people. To set it down for generations to come. To better understand where we are headed. The problem is, a good portion of what we choose to remember is about willed forgetting. Which we all do, I believe, to protect ourselves from what is too difficult.
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Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us.
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For the most part, I don't have a Facebook page; I don't Twitter.
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Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.
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The fact that Western Muslims are free means that they can have enormous impact. But it would be wrong to claim that we are imposing our ways on the West. New ideas are now coming from the West. To be traditional is not so much a question of protecting ourselves as to be traditionalist in principle.
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Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass - you don't see it, but somehow it does something.
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I love gay Mardi Gras in Sydney, which is a big parade, a big march that thousands and thousands of people participate in. And there's one little group... well it's not little, it's got hundreds of people marching, and they're all very sweet, middle-aged and elderly people who are the parents of gay children who are out and proud.
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You can't make a living as a playwright. You can barely scrape by.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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Each member of the band has varied influences, and the same diversity is reflected in our fanbase.
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When I finished touring 'Fur and Gold,' I was just like, 'What am I doing? What do I have? Where is my home?' I didn't really know where it was, so I went to New York to try and make it there.
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Sweden is the home of my ancestors, and I have reserved a special place in my heart for Sweden.
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Why do I always choose the shopping cart with the squeaky wheel? Is it my bad luck, or are all the carts dysfunctional?
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The difference was you worked for Nixon, and with Ford.
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Some of the senior people, the very senior astronauts, shook my hand and said, 'K.C., you did a great job. Don't let anyone tell you different.'
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We need to continue our full support of the nascent Iraqi government by helping to rebuild their economic infrastructure and maintain security while training the Iraqi security forces.
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What do you mean you have my children at the police station? Why are my kids at the police station?
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A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.
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How I would describe my characters is absolutely different from how I would describe myself.
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Our sense of free will results from a failure to appreciate this: We do not know what we intend to do until the intention itself arises. To understand this is to realize that we are not the authors of our thoughts and actions in the way that people generally suppose.
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Hip-hop was my first audience - I would rap in the mirror, walk down the street and listen to my Walkman.
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I stand by the principle of honesty, fair play, and trustworthiness.
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In 2012, I started writing songs - not for the world to hear, but for certain people I needed to talk to. My family, we were not big communicators. I had a hard time talking to people in general.
