Benjamin Booker Quotes

In 2012, I started writing songs - not for the world to hear, but for certain people I needed to talk to. My family, we were not big communicators. I had a hard time talking to people in general.

Benjamin Booker

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FamilyTimePeopleWritingWorld

I didn't enjoy growing up. I was lonely. That's probably my base level to feel like that.

Andrew Haigh

Growing UpLonelyFeelEnjoyGrowing

When I am composing, I try to clear my mind of having to publish, or having to sell a book or find readers. That kind of thinking gets in the way.

Maxine Hong Kingston

I AmMindBookThinkingFindKind

In general, I feel so much of pop culture is set in the generic big city, particularly comics. I feel like there are so many other stories to tell.

Jeff Lemire

CultureCityFeelBig CityTellBig

Humility, I have learned, must never be confused with meekness. Humility is being open to the ideas of others.

Simon Sinek

HumilityIdeasConfusedOthersNever

What we ask of music, first and last, is that it communicate experience - experience of all kinds, vital and profound at its greatest, amusing or entertaining at another level.

Roger Sessions

MusicExperienceAskProfoundFirst

You can have a laugh in Los Angeles, or you can weep in Los Angeles, depending on your attitude towards it.

Miranda Richardson

AttitudeLaughYouLos AngelesYour

I never want to lose sight of my roots... A lot of artists want the riches and the fame. I want to tell stories you can put into the context of your life.

Lukas Forchhammer

LifeRootsYouLoseFameWant

All babies are ugly unless they're your baby.

Lorne Michaels

UglyBabyYourBabiesUnless

Truman Capote was a magical, beautiful writer.

Lisa Unger

BeautifulMagicalWriterTruman

I'm not concerned with what people think of me.

Don Lemon

PeopleMeThinkConcerned

When I am at home writing, I have all the power. I am God. But TV is a polytheistic universe.

Diana Gabaldon

HomeGodPowerI AmWritingTV

If you want to get the most out of your men, give them a break! Don't make them work completely in the dark. If you do, they won't do a bit more than they have to. But if they comprehend, they'll work like mad.

Chesty Puller

WorkLeadershipMenYouDarkMad

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