Benjamin David Goodman (Benny Goodman) Quotes
I remember Glenn Miller coming to me once, before he had his own band, saying, How do you do it? How do you get started? It's so difficult. I told him, I don't know but whatever you do don't stop. Just keep on going.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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You honestly can't go wrong with All Saints. I live in their leather!
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Winning the gold medal should have been the happiest day of my entire life, and it just wasn't. It felt like the saddest day of my life. Everyone was so angry with us, that Scott and I had fallen in love, because it was so unprofessional, and we were a disgrace and had betrayed everybody.
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I was a go-go dancer at the Dom on East 10th Street in NYC. This was a glittering ballroom over Stanley's Bar. 1965.
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Kevin Hart. He's the man! I like his style. He's short, so I can relate. All the stories he tells are real. I respect that, and he's just a really funny dude - great comedy instincts. To do stand-up on a stage for an hour and tell stories and make people laugh is incredible.
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I had trouble with my temper all the way through the minor leagues.
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God manifests himself in each historical period according to the understanding of the people of the era.
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It might be, it could be... it is! A home run!
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I don't cook. I don't know anything about food. I've never reviewed a restaurant.
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If you like standup and decide that it's overtaking your life and want to hate it, watch 1,000 standup comedians who are trying to get on a TV show.
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In the present imperialistic milieu there can be no wars of national self-defense.
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Little boys have amazing minds.
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All of my close friends are emotional train wrecks. This is what makes our lives interesting - constantly doubting ourselves, worrying, wondering if we've made a mistake. Could we have done better? Are we good people? Are we bad people?
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Cinematic icons of the police detective are more male role models than female.
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I hope we've got a lot of fairways and greens. We'll go from there.
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If I get to wrapped up in how I have to be, or what I have to do, things gradually get worse and worse.
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I want to be a positive influence. I want to be someone who they want to call in and want here consistently, regardless of my role.
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I find British men very gentlemanly... like opening doors. There is a certain chivalry about British men which I like, and I'm a sucker for an accent.
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The two biggest sellers in any bookstore are the cookbooks and the diet books. The cookbooks tell you how to prepare the food, and the diet books tell you how not to eat any of it!
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I was sad to see anybody leave, we had a very nice family on that show. I was very sad to see momma go, Victoria and especially Linda. My god that was my wife on the show, in fact my wife calls her wife.
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The best comedy not only makes you laugh, but on the moment of the laugh, you learned.
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Being closed to outsiders made the iPhone reliable and predictable.
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Our family dinner table was my first platform - every dinner was all about sharing stories and jokes and points of view.
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I remember Glenn Miller coming to me once, before he had his own band, saying, How do you do it? How do you get started? It's so difficult. I told him, I don't know but whatever you do don't stop. Just keep on going.
