Benjamin David Goodman (Benny Goodman) Quotes
To this day, I don't like people walking on stage not looking good. You have to look good. If you feel special about yourself then you're going to play special.Benjamin David Goodman
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
Barbara Bush -
There's a perception out there that the U.K. has become unfriendly to immigrants. Even if that isn't true, the very fact that that is the perception will make people not even want to come.
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan -
China, frankly, can be an opportunity for Africa based on the huge infrastructure deficit on the continent, but what needs to happen is that governments and citizens have to build internal ownership of the need of good governance, transparency, accountability, for respect for the environment.
Obiageli Ezekwesili -
I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
Vincent D'Onofrio -
There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.
Yamamoto Tsunetomo -
I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.
P. J. O'Rourke
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No, but I'm really lucky, because I'm not the superhero.
Fisher Stevens -
Nobody should be sent indefinitely into detention; everybody should have their day in court.
Rand Paul -
I had more friends on my hockey team than I did on my soccer team. I might have been better at soccer, to be honest. But I think it was more the friendship, and my family was more of a hockey family than a soccer family, so when I had to make a decision, I tried hockey, and it turned out to be a good decision.
Carl Hagelin -
When you have a 'solution thinking mindset' - and choose to focus 80% of your thoughts/words on solutions - you will not only be heading more speedily to long-term success, but you will immediately feel better in the moment.
Karen Salmansohn -
As a state senator and then a congressman, I've had the privilege of trying to do good things for people to whom I owe so much and can never fully repay.
Gary Ackerman -
I think it's a fundamental responsibility of the federal government to enforce our nation's borders.
Pat Toomey
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I can think of nothing that an audience won't understand. The only problem is to interest them; once they are interested, they understand anything in the world.
Orson Welles -
Playing in Wembley Stadium in front of 83-some-thousand fans to win a gold medal was unreal.
Carli Lloyd -
If God hadn't meant for us to eat sugar, he wouldn't have invented dentists.
Ralph Nader -
I never thought of myself as a performer or songwriter or singer.
Sam Hunt -
Greening the globalised manufacturing and sourcing will be the single biggest help multinationals could make to the tough pollution control in China and other developing countries.
Ma Jun -
If you give a party, you better give it right.
Aby Rosen
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It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.
W. Somerset Maugham -
I spend a lot of my downtime studying different businesses and learning from a lot of entrepreneurs when I'm not playing football. They can help me evaluate different ventures to see if they'll work. I was aggressive with my initial investments, trying to hit a homerun each time. But now, I'm stepping back and being more patient, giving them due diligence.
Kamerion Wimbley -
I want people to tell me the truth.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
You've got to take the hems down, especially past 50. I don't care how good your legs are.
Andie MacDowell -
If you've been around as long as I have, watching the literary scene, then you know that who's in and who's out changes by the year. It's really a very fluid situation that requires that the person who is having the good luck now isn't having it a year or two from now.
Jennifer Egan -
To this day, I don't like people walking on stage not looking good. You have to look good. If you feel special about yourself then you're going to play special.
Benjamin David Goodman