Benjamin Hoff Quotes

Under Confucianism, the use of precisely measured court music, prescribed steps, actions, and phrases all added up to an extremely complex system of rituals, each used for a particular purpose at a particular time.

Benjamin Hoff

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I'm hardly digging trenches for a living. I'm getting to tap into my boyhood fantasies of being a larger-than-life character.

Joel Edgerton

CharacterLivingBeingDiggingTap

I loved every minute of my childhood - sunbathing on the fire escape, digging for buried treasure in the back yard, pulling alewives out of the sand... Then it was all taken away from me. I came back every summer to visit my father until I was 18, but I was always the outsider.

Jennifer Egan

FatherFireChildhoodMeLovedSand

John Williams is, without question, talented. He writes very good scores and very good melodies and all that.

Andre Previn

GoodQuestionWithoutHeMelodies

One of the risks for anybody in the lending business is that being conservative can harm your competitiveness.

Michael Burry

BusinessRisksConservativeBeing

I don't ask for an apology because it's only tomorrow's fish-and-chip paper.

Tracey Emin

TomorrowApologyAskPaperBecause

Even if I'm talking about something that's negative, I look at it as putting my mistakes out there for people to learn from it.

Juice Wrld

MistakesPeopleNegativeLearnLook

Making an effort is polite, and getting ready and looking after yourself makes an event more fun.

Jude Law

YourselfFunEffortLookingReady

In fact, I want to be a Transformer as an adult. I would transform into a Gulf Stream 500.

Brad Delson

WantStreamAdultTransformWould

People in my village had this mindset that in big cities like New York, if you are lost or without directions, no one will help you. The first time I came here, I tried to make sure not to walk by myself, because it would be difficult for me if I got lost. But people will help you.

William Kamkwamba

TimeMyselfWalkNew YorkPeopleMe

Christian faith is... basically about love and being loved and reconciliation. These things are so important, they're foundational and they can transform individuals, families.

Philip Yancey

LoveFaithLovedChristianImportant

Reports of illegal migrants carrying deadly diseases such as swine flu, dengue fever, Ebola virus and tuberculosis are particularly concerning.

Phil Gingrey

FluFeverReportsVirusDeadly

Jupiter, a world far larger than Earth, is so warm that it currently radiates more internal heat than it receives from the Sun.

Seth Shostak

SunWorldWarmEarthMoreHeat

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