Benjamin Watson Quotes
The amazing thing about a football team is we can disagree and fight like brothers, but then we come back together. We are able to be open and honest about things that may offend us.
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When I was growing up, skateboarding was big and basketball was big.
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How do you make it to the top when all you have is ambition and talent? You believe in yourself and surround yourself with other idealistic and talented friends that fuel each other and push against the establishment to take you seriously.
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My mother was a classical pianist and my stepfather was an industrialist who was passionate about composing contemporary music.
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'Dr. Strangelove' was and is one of my favorite movies ever, and I just can't believe they actually blew up the world after that.
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Though politics is by nature divisive, surely we all can agree that foster children need stability, safety, education, opportunity - and love.
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What's great about working on a sitcom is that I spend so much time with people who are in other fields as well, such as writing, directing, and/or camera operating. Being on set is like being on a playground. I go from one thing to the next, and I've learned so much and hope to continue learning.
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I kept on hearing the voice of God saying if you are going to be the minister that your mom mentioned... then you have to act. My pulpit is acting.
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To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable.
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I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up.
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It was only a few years ago that I couldn't get hired to save my life.
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Without troublesome work, no one can have any concrete, full idea of what pure mathematical research is like or of the profusion of insights that can be obtained from it.
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I write the novels that are possible for me to write, not that ones I think will come across in a certain light.
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The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.
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The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.
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Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
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It's weird: for someone who mostly really exists online, I'm actually not very interested in the Internet at all.
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Hypocrisy is a detriment to progress. There's always a hidden agenda.
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There's very few dork movies made by dorks.
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I try not to write songs in which men glamorize their own need for approval from women. That's kinda a bogus way to go out. But I try to do this quietly. I'm not about to go around telling people how they should or shouldn't think. My feminism is for me.
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To put away one's own original thoughts in order to take up a book is a sin against the Holy Ghost.
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I'm trying to use people like Meredith Monk and Philip Glass and Terry Riley as the backing tracks for new pop songs. It's really hard trying to use the format and write a pop song on top of avant-garde music, so we'll see. It could be cool, or it could totally flop.
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While domestically the president may be able to somewhat reshape his/her image through defining moments and actions, this is far less feasible internationally.
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My mother is amazing. She moved from Surrey to London, taught herself English, and found a job.
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The amazing thing about a football team is we can disagree and fight like brothers, but then we come back together. We are able to be open and honest about things that may offend us.
