Benny Green Quotes
We have different personalities, but in a harmonious way, I'd say. Anyway, we were booked to play at the festival as a duo; and we decided we wouldn't have any rehearsal.
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We continue to be bullish on China.
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I pledged to become the world's greatest expert in a field I knew nothing about.
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To be honest, marriage doesn't scare me and that, it's just once you've been together for so long, if you haven't got any kids it's just a big expensive day out for everyone else to enjoy, isn't it?
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I never wear matching socks. It's kind of a thing that I have!
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We're pretty good at putting bunts down and really good at hitting. I know as a pitcher, when you face a pitcher you know can hit, that's not fun. I think taking pride in that, and being able to hit helps your own cause.
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But if I have a lot of imagination, I could tell myself whatever I wanted, you know. I handle myself quite well. I'm kind of fascist with myself, you know. There's no discussion. There is an order. You follow it.
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I think a person has to just be herself.
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I'll have the chance to do a production number on A Capitol Fourth.
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China is a country, still, of great contrast. While hundreds of millions of people are part of the middle class and yearn for things made in America - American brands, movies, music - there are other hundreds of millions of people throughout China who are living on the equivalent of one U.S. dollar a day.
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I was handed a chocolate bar and an M-1 rifle and told to go kill Hitler.
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I came up with a story and I wrote it.
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When you give a lot of confidence in people and you don't get it back, you are a bit disappointed, but it's life.
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Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.
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All of my main characters have been under 30.
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Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in to the BBC complaining about my appearance.
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A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.
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All the religious wars that have caused blood to be shed for centuries arise from passionate feelings and facile counter-positions, such as Us and Them, good and bad, white and black.
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'Blood Meridian' was without question the novel that made me want to become a writer.
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A No. 1 record is hard to come by.
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Each person's voice is very different, so you need to find what works for you. Make sure you keep to your routine.
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I got this tiger head ring that's similar to a Cartier ring. I had my jeweler Sean from Detroit make it similar to the Cartier ring, but gold and diamonded-out. That's my Detroit tiger. It's made with two different golds - the bottom is yellow and the top is gold.
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We do not discuss the anatomical, physiological, and mental characteristics of man considered as an individual; but we are interested in the diversity of these traits in groups of men found in different geographical areas and in different social classes.
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Essex is an amazing county, with its own set of rules. It's a completely different world.
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We have different personalities, but in a harmonious way, I'd say. Anyway, we were booked to play at the festival as a duo; and we decided we wouldn't have any rehearsal.
