Benjamin David Goodman (Benny Goodman) Quotes
After you've done all the work and prepared as much as you can, what the hell, you might as well go out and have a good time.
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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I loved every place I lived and traveled. London, Paris, Rome, Venice. I fell hard for Central America and Mexico. In each country, I had fantasies that I could live there.
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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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Being spontaneous is a blessing.
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I'm not a really religious person, but those moments onstage feel like some sort of religious experience because no one holds back, especially 'Stay With Me' when I finish the show. It kind of turns into an anthem when I perform it live, and it feels like there's a lot of love in the room.
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I think at first the Flume project really started out as an online thing. I used Facebook and SoundCloud, and I think we got lucky because it felt like a bit of a golden age of those social media platforms. So I managed to create quite a solid fan base online.
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To gastroenterologists, the concept of a germ causing ulcers was like saying that the Earth is flat.
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I'm looking for people who are at the cutting edge of what they do, who think out-of-the-box. Even if their work is something common today, it might have been absolutely new when they started out, so we'd like to hear of their beginnings.
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There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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Archery requires very sensitive muscles.
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My love songs are very personal and quite weird. They don't really have the big radio hit choruses because basically they're my therapy, stuff I have to get off my chest.
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I never, never thought one day I will sing at La Scala or I will get the Grammy. I'm lucky. I work a lot with a teacher, with my coach.
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My tennis is aggressive, though I wouldn't say that it's more physical than technical. I rely more on technique than physique, but being physical is always a help to me.
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I was happy to be with my parents. I didn't see very much of them, so I was very happy when my father was there and out of jail.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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The most famous Obama precept is, 'No drama.'
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Problems do not go away. They must be worked through or else they remain, forever a barrier to the growth and development of the spirit.
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When I sit down to write a novel, I am exploring my own relationship with God, with the struggle between good and evil, my own purpose.
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Most people learn all about the Second World War in school, or else, they see so many films put out by Hollywood, that it's easy to think we know exactly what happened.
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It's a city that just has to be discovered.
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If there's a black cat that crosses the street in my path, I will turn around and walk 20 minutes out of my way to not cross it.
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I could never be in a situation with a job where I was not allowed to listen to music all day. I would rather work at a fast food restaurant where I could turn on the radio all day rather than be in a situation where I have to sneak and listen to music.
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After you've done all the work and prepared as much as you can, what the hell, you might as well go out and have a good time.
