Benmont Tench Quotes
Fortunately, as we all know, it's impossible for anybody but Jimmy Smith to really sound like Jimmy Smith.
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I am not content to entrust our free-speech rights to the good graces and whims of Congress and hope that politicians don't abuse their power.
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I don't have any problem with being the guy whose album people put on when they're feeling sad.
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In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.
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Music will always be my greatest passion.
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Yoga is a life-saver.
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I get a different kind of lyric from someone else that might make me go in a different musical direction.
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Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all.
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To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.
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I've never loved anybody the way I love my children.
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Before going on 'X Factor' again, I felt like I'd tried everything else.
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I represent what I think is a traditional Republican... a limited government, fiscal responsibility, strong national defense, individual freedom and liberty.
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I am the center of attention in my job every single day; the thought of a wedding to me is exhausting. Why would I put myself through that?
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You don't have to be a bodybuilder to have strength in your muscles.
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Everybody has some sorrow, worry, and everybody asks God for help.
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I was a victim of a stereotype. There were only two of us Negro kids in the whole class, and our English teacher was always stressing the importance of rhythm in poetry. Well, everybody knows - except us - that all Negroes have rhythms, so they elected me class poet.
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Being a teen can be tough. Just try to surround yourself with really good friends that really have your back, and also be a really good friend to those who really care about you. If you're not sure about certain things, talk to your friends that you trust and your family.
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I initially wanted to work in the music industry more on the A&R side. While I was in school, I began working in the New Business department of an advertising firm, and very quickly I was responsible for roughly 70% of their business, so you could say I had a natural knack for the advertising world.
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Grime reminds me that swimming is very gladiatorial.
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Effectively dealing with stress depends upon achieving a balance between the smoke detector and the watchtower. If you want to manage your emotions better, your brain gives you two options: You can learn to regulate them from the top down or from the bottom up.
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Those two teachers Kathleen Blackshear and Robert von Neumann were just fantastic, I thought. They never directed you in a single direction, but they just encouraged you to think for yourself.
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It's time to bury the unreal, failed 'realism' of those who have long thought that dictators brought stability.
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My goal is to photograph not a factory but the work itself from the most effective point of view.. ..in order to show the grandness of a machine, one should photograph not all of it but give a series of snapshots.
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Fortunately, as we all know, it's impossible for anybody but Jimmy Smith to really sound like Jimmy Smith.
