George Benson Quotes
As my career has progressed, I've had the pleasure of playing with the baddest jazz cats on the planet. But that doesn't change my desire to entertain folks. That's really who I am.
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I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.
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I don't hurt or want for visibility, but people seem to forget pretty easily.
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You know, I'm an African-American quarterback. That may scare a lot of people because they – they haven't seen nothing that they can compare me to.
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Society becomes how we behave.
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Your papers are marked when you go to school, but you can't mark the character.
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We must defend what we have achieved so far.
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I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.
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I'm going to continue to work to be the best player in the world, and whenever that doesn't sound fun to me anymore, that's when it's over.
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What I'm interested in is the fascinating image of young leaders... you know, young people leading in different fields. You see athletes and people in gymnastics, where the requirement is that you are supple and very, very young... 11... and by the time you're 14, you're already over the hill.
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When I was a kid, I didn't know how I got into acting.
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This is the heart of my argument: We can put more pressure on the antagonist for whom we show human concern.
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A lot happens in 20 years.
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I could see myself in a white nurse's uniform, working unnoticed for many years and at last dying, unknown, unmarried and unsung.
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I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.
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I don't even like to talk Lions too much just because the way our relationship ended.
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I'm not a good photographer, not a good writer. I'm a pretty regular person whose insecurity is so pervasive that it makes me always feel vulnerable.
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This is the first time in my life I've ever been happy, not completely happy, but happier than I've ever been.
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I've always been motivated to stop people from doing dysfunctional things.
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When I was a kid, we never heard of smog, ozone depletion, acid rain, green house gasses.
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During inhalation, the breath should move exactly like clouds spreading in the sky.
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I seldom read anything that is not of a factual nature because I want to invest my time wisely in the things that will improve my life. Don't misunderstand; there is nothing wrong with reading purely for the joy of it. Novels have their place, but biographies of famous men and women contain information that can change lives.
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Women are capable of doing so many things these days, physically, emotionally, within relationships and career. There are so many things that women have evolved into and I feel really proud about where women are right now.
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We're all torn between the desire for privacy and the fear of loneliness.
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As my career has progressed, I've had the pleasure of playing with the baddest jazz cats on the planet. But that doesn't change my desire to entertain folks. That's really who I am.
