Robert Benchley Quotes

We call ourselves a free nation, and yet we let ourselves be told what cabs we can and can't take by a man at a hotel door, simply because he has a drum major's uniform on.

Robert Benchley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: comedian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 15, 1889 - November 21, 1945

Topics

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Music is important.

Jessi Colter

MusicImportant

To me, the Holocaust stands alone as the most horrible human event in modern civilization.

Robert Shapiro

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There's nothing that helps clear my mind and improve my mood more than sweating in a room with my friends to some amazing new music and feeling stronger and taller every time I walk out. It's truly incredible. I'm addicted. And the results aren't half bad, either.

Anna Kaiser

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I wait and see what scripts come my way and then try and make a decision within the choices that I'm offered. I see what turns up, and if it's something I'd really rather not do, or I think it's too similar to something I've just done, I'll wait and hope for something else.

Steven Mackintosh

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I'm very light, so some people don't really know that I'm black. I've been in situations where people will say something kind of racist, and I'll step in, and they'll be like, 'Oh, well, you're light.' That still doesn't cut it, buddy.

Sofia Richie

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It came to me then in a flash that obviously the temperature of the water was responsible for the nystagmus.

Robert Barany

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We have to realize only in communication, in real knowledge, in real reaching out, can there be an understanding that there's humanity everywhere, and that's what I'm trying to do.

Mira Nair

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If you are going to talk negative about a place, you're almost throwing yourself out to begin with because golf is a mental game.

Jordan Spieth

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I think it would be very scary and very confusing if I didn't understand where people are coming from, but I've felt the exact same way for so many other bands, growing up. It's not really a big deal.

Jon Crosby

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Start in a small TV station so you can make all of your embarrassing mistakes early and in front of fewer people!

Diane Sawyer

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I only travel with a carry-on suitcase in most instances.

Brad Goreski

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I've always known I wanted to go into acting, but being a very proud teenager, I wasn't ready to admit it until I felt like it was going to be possible.

Annabelle Wallis

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