Benjamin Stockham Quotes
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We look upon the enemy of our souls as a conquered foe, so he is, but only to God, not to us.
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If you live in rock and roll, as I do, you see the reality of sex, of male lust and women being aroused by male lust. It attracts women. It doesn't repel them.
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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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It occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race, so profound as the difference between the sick and the well.
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There is no reason to change this system. I don't think we'll abandon it. For us the most important thing is to be compact in the back. That's the kind of game we have to play here and it will be very difficult to beat us.
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Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.
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Once you begin being naughty, it is easier to go and on and on, and sooner or later something dreadful happens.
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I love a challenge. So when I did 'Friday,' I didn't want to do another comedy back-to-back. With 'Set It Off,' that was a little different from 'The Negotiator' and 'The Italian Job.' So for me, it's all about challenge. It's all about challenge and about just learning.
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I think it's horrible that people have to be told. Don't smoke! Everybody knows it's bad for the health. But they have to forbid it.
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I'm mainly an airport author, and if you're trying to take your mind off the journey, you're not going to read 'King Lear.'
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Say something personal, not from a publicist.
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I'm trying to cut down a little on eating, on sodium, keep my blood pressure down, which is tough. Because I love food! I do, but it's unfair how everything that's bad for you tastes so good, and all the good stuff, veggies and green things, doesn't match up.
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Governor is not the position to have in Oklahoma. It is the head coach of Oklahoma or Oklahoma State or Tulsa.
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Do you know the only value life has is what life puts on itself?
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Give me a fruitful error anytime, full of seeds, bursting with its own corrections.
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I'm never in control of my time during the workday.
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I defend both the freedom of expression and society's right to counter it. I must pay the price for differing. It is the natural way of things.
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'Star Wars' is a galaxy a long time ago, far, far away. 'Star Wars' is not about our future.
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Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever.
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A dragon looks like a girl when it is young.
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A blowtorch is a wonderful thing. You can get one of those for about 25 bucks at Home Depot. And there's a ton of things that you can use a blowtorch for, in browning a steak or touching up the browning of a chicken or making creme brulee.
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I took on the math-intensive art form of holography and, in my early 20s, traveled the world, living on university fellowships to pursue this esoteric craft. I didn't date much, really - perhaps because I didn't have many hormones, though I didn't know that at the time.
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An unguarded strength is a double weakness.
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Sometimes I like to draw.