Ruth Benedict Quotes

The trouble with life isn't that there is no answer, it's that there are so many answers.

Ruth Benedict

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 5, 1887 - September 17, 1948

Topics

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I don't have the energy or the mental security to get involved with all that. I think it's a good idea to be able to disappear into the story, so that the first thing the audience sees isn't you, but the part.

Jeremy Northam

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Who would have thought that a tap-dancing penguin would outpoint James Bond at the box office? And deserve to? Not that there's anything wrong with 'Casino Royale.' But 'Happy Feet' - written and directed by George Miller - is a complete charmer, even if, in the way of most family fare, it can't resist straying into the Inspirational.

Robert Gottlieb

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In fine, nothing is said now that has not been said before.

Jean Racine

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The average family spends 30 hours in front of a television, and they say they don't have the time to have a balanced, integrated life.

Stephen Covey

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I went to Queen's University Belfast and stayed nine months, then I ran away to be an actor.

Simon Callow

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I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.

Tom Landry

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I'm a real big country boy.

Tom Felton

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I think really what needs to happen is the people of the United States need to stand up and say, 'Oil is an energy model from the past. It doesn't work for the planet, it doesn't work for the people, it never has and it never will.'

Julia Butterfly Hill

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People say I'm the white Aretha Franklin. I wish I was her.

Joss Stone

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Lohan and I talk about just things that happen. It's Lindsay. She's great. I went from not knowing who she was to not being able to get rid of her because she's everywhere. She's on everything.

Jonathan Bennett

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I'm still conscious of whether people really accept me, but that insecurity makes me stronger.

Doug Baldwin

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If you look at anybody who's had along career, if you look at the choices they've made - even if the movies haven't worked - they've always worked with great filmmakers.

Bradley Cooper

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