Benjamin Cohen Quotes

A world in which others controlled the course of their own development, would be a world in which the American system would be seriously endangered.

Benjamin Cohen

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WorldAmericanSeriouslyDevelopment

I felt that, in some ways, my novels lacked heart because of the distance between me and the subject matter. But no one wants to read a book based on good health, a happy upbringing, a long marriage.

Jim Crace

GoodMarriageGood HealthHeartMe

We all have limitations. I don't have the right genes to be an Olympic weightlifter. I don't have the right genetics to be an Olympic sprinter. Or gymnast. Sure, if I trained my whole life, perhaps I could have become fairly decent in those sports.

Jocko Willink

LifeSportsGeneticsBecomeRight

I have always wanted a swimming pool and never had one.

Joan Didion

SwimmingPoolNeverAlwaysWanted

You have to be very insensitive in order to have a cat, because I think they're very independent. When they're kittens, you think they're going to have a dog temperament in that they're going to run to the door when you get home, lick you on the face and cuddle with you all the time, but cats are not that way.

Jennifer Love Hewitt

DogHomeTimeCatsDoorFace

I was lucky to grow up in a family where your parents loved you no matter what you were or what you came out as, and a lot of kids don't have that ride.

Andreja Pejic

FamilyRideParentsLovedGrowYou

I'm very political. I'm not political in public; I'm political at home.

Melania Trump

HomePoliticalVeryPublic

You know you don't have to be the most popular kid in the school to have people acknowledge your presence.

Jeanne Phillips

SchoolPeopleYouKnowKidPresence

When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have.

Stephen Hawking

ExpectationsEverythingZeroReally

Most things I worry about never happen anyway.

Tom Petty

WorryNeverHappenThingsMost

I wanted to be looked at for the skateboarder that I was. I didn't want to be the 36-year-old skateboarder who's still holding on while owning a company at the same time. I wanted to make my mark and travel and accomplish a few things here and there and then get out.

Jason Lee

TimeTravelAccomplishWantCompany

My daughter is full energy, like my wife and I, and strong-minded and has an opinion, like we do. And my boys, one's a bit more calm and chill, and the other is much more sensitive to things. You see this right away, when they're first born. One cried, one didn't, with the boys.

Chris Hemsworth

DaughterWifeOpinionCalmEnergy

Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.

Chet Atkins

FearDoneEverythingOutBeingEver

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