Benjamin F. Wade Quotes
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In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular.
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God is waiting for us, to forgive us all, and what is broken, he'll fix.
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When I interview celebrities, I always try to throw them off balance. My favorite is to ask 'em about crazy sex stuff like donkey punches and Monroe transfers. Works every time.
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It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the people they've met before.
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Most people think of cinematographers as choosing subjects of an epic nature to show off what they do - big, sweeping images of war or pageantry.
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I've been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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It's better to waste money than time. You can always get more money.
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I'm not a pessimist at all, but I'm not an optimist, either.
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I'm not questioning Dick Cheney's motives. There's a chance for a conflict of interest. At one point in time, he was opposed to going into Baghdad. Then he was out of office and involved in the defense industry, and then he became for going into Baghdad.
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We may be coming to a new golden age of instrument making.
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We're not going to make Evolution or any of our other products depend on Mono anytime in the near future.
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Robert Walker as Bruno was excellent. He had elegance and humor, and the proper fondness for his mother.
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I live by a rulebook of eating alkaline - no meat, no dairy, no gluten, I try to stay away from sugar - but I'll cheat when I want to since I'm a bit of a foodie.
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You can't be new for too long. You want to just respectfully disappear. It's a bit sad sometimes. Michael Jordan retired like a god, and then he came back... We don't want to go out like that.
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The Philippines is a terrible name, coming from Spain. Phillip II was the father of the inquisition, who I believe died of syphilis. It is my great regret that we didn't change the name of our country.
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Teenage girls in television and film, in my experience, oftentimes are portrayed as either the sweet, innocent virgin or the super-sexy, experienced, town bicycle. There never seems to be an in-between. I think most girls are somewhere in between those two tropes.
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Values can set a company apart from the competition by clarifying its identity and serving as a rallying point for employees. But coming up with strong values - and sticking to them - requires real guts.
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As a child, I first wanted to be a cook because my mother was such a good cook.
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Retire at various times into the solitude of your own heart, even while outwardly engaged in discussions or transactions with others, and talk to God.
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I always wanted to direct movies. That's what I set out to do. When I was a little kid I just dreamed of making movies, and I went to film school [at Northwestern University].
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Things are difficult for outsiders in the industry, and it is very evident, too. It does not mean that insiders have it easy or that it's impossible for outsiders to break in. More often than not, the difference is about how successes and failures are viewed and magnified.
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Growing up in the middle of nowhere, there was a lot of twangy music around, but it didn't really connect with me then.
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Well, what are you going to do about it?
