Ben Vereen Quotes

As I laid in the hospital bed I started thinking that I had a show to do. I was hoping the Doctor would put me together so I could do the show.

Ben Vereen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 10, 1946

Topics

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When you whisper about something, it's too big, and you can't get it under control and take control of it.

Joan Rivers

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I was born a girl; it just took me a little while to become one fully.

Andreja Pejic

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Some people think African states cannot be trusted with the cookie jar. But there are absolutely good NGOs who have this feeling of human solidarity and who also recognize that their work can only be supplementary to the government.

Meles Zenawi

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If a show is good, it helps people learn about themselves in some way and in some function. Whatever the genre is, if it's executed well, audiences grow and learn from it, and that's where their passion and enthusiasm comes from.

Matthew Davis

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I wanted to be a pianist but it just wasn't my thing. I guess I wanted to stand up rather than sit down.

Steve Lacy

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I got a little bit famous. I didn't like it.

Sia

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The people who run the game, they are the ones who want to change it and make people believe that it's different somehow. It's not different, the only difference is that some ballplayers today have a chance for a four- or five-year contract and they can make big money.

Tony Oliva

ChangeTodayMoneyPeopleBelieve

But for me, the challenge is how you turn a character into behavior. Once the director says 'action', you just try to live between those two worlds.

Robert Duvall

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I am a big fan of Jim Jarmusch, and I do love big screen documentaries.

Martin Parr

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I have been in Formula One for 12 years, and out of that I had one year with the perfect car.

Michael Schumacher

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There are no ugly ducklings.

Loretta Young

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Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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