Benjamin E. Mays Quotes
It isn't a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for.
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There are hours when I must force the novel out of my mind and be interested in the children.
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Women are blessed with energy - a power which is unique. I have been very fortunate to have played strong women and explored their strengths through my films.
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I have to protect myself because people think that because you come into 25 million homes every week, they know you. I walk the line between being gracious and being rude.
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But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later.
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U.S. intelligence services routinely use collection methods against foreigners that foreseeably - with certainty - ingest high volumes of U.S. communications as well.
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I'm not just a model who plays volleyball, or a volleyball player who supports herself modeling. I'm a female athlete personality.
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Music is very spiritual, it has the power to bring people together.
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There's nothing wrong with looking like a woman and going in the workplace and doing everything a man can do but looking 1,000 percent like a lady.
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I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
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They can hop on a line and really dice it up out there.
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My first instrument was my voice. I was always singing and writing melodies when I was a little kid. I just sort of taught myself whatever was around. If there were instruments around, I'd play them. I always liked the idea of not being shown but coming up with my own energetic connection to the instrument.
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It is the most important contribution we can make to speeding up reunification.
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In a very weak economy, when you say 'cut government spending,' what you mean is you're laying off school teachers and you're de-funding various programs that put money into the economy. This means you have more unemployed people that then draw unemployment benefits and don't pay taxes.
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We're all colored, or you wouldn't be able to see anyone.
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My real fans understand what it is I do, but on another level I have fans who just love my music and don’t know I write it and enjoy it shallowly - and that’s OK too. I think art and music should be just as powerful if you drink it shallow as if you drink it deep.
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Two things in America are astonishing: the changeableness of most human behavior and the strange stability of certain principles. Men are constantly on the move, but the spirit of humanity seems almost unmoved.
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Donald Trump and producer Mark Burnett are reportedly considering creating a Broadway musical based on The Apprentice. The pair came up with the idea when neither one of them could find a match to set fire to a pile of money.
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If somebody's in the community doing cool stuff, we'll hire them.
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Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals.
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I always knew that the only thing I wanted to do was act, but it took me a long time to say it out loud to anyone, let alone myself. I am surprised by how dogged I have been in wanting to make a living as a respected actress.
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From the preemptive strike that destroyed Egypt's air force during the Six-Day War, to the daring raid on Entebbe, to using all available means to slow the Iranian nuclear program, Israelis have combined strength with ingenuity to keep the country's enemies at bay.
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John Parsons: Don’t you think such a theory, such a radical theory, is anti-social?
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Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us 't were all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd But to fine issues; nor Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence, But, like a thrifty goddess, she determines Herself the glory of a creditor - Both thanks and use.
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It isn't a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for.
