Benjamin Watson Quotes

I respect the police officers, but something you learn as a young black man in this country is that... life is a little bit different for you even though, on the surface, it seems to be the same.

Benjamin Watson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 18, 1980

Topics

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Don't go on American Idol, I think you'll spend the rest of your life living it down and I think it's getting kinda scary, isn't it?

Joe Cocker

LifeRestThinkAmericanYouDown

I'm getting older, but better, too. And the roles are getting better.

John Lithgow

Getting OlderBetterGetting Better

Grittier students are more likely to earn their diplomas; grittier teachers are more effective in the classroom. Grittier soldiers are more likely to complete their training, and grittier salespeople are more likely to keep their jobs. The more challenging the domain, the more grit seems to matter.

Angela Duckworth

TrainingGritTeachersMatterMore

I actually think I play better now than I've ever played.

Andy Summers

ThinkBetterPlayNowThanActually

Nobody wants to shut down the government.

Jeb Hensarling

GovernmentDownNobodyWantsShut

I had left the music business and became a conflict journalist. The conflict journalism started for me in the Gulf and the oil spill. When Skynyrd needed a new bass player, they knew me from the Black Crowes.

Johnny Colt

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Jim Crow was king... and I heard a game in which Jackie Robinson was playing, and I felt pride in being alive.

Lou Brock

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When you sit there, and you sing the chorus - and then you look at each other, and everybody has the hair standing up on their arms - then everybody knows you've stumbled onto something.

Jay DeMarcus

HairYouLookUpStandingSomething

Why does watching a dog be a dog fill one with happiness?

Jonathan Safran Foer

DogHappinessWhyWatchingFill

When you have a lot of solitude, any living thing becomes a companion.

Jose Mujica

SolitudeYouLivingCompanionThing

Soul music as we've always known it hasn't changed. There are different players now with different attitudes, but there is nothing new being done musically.

Don Cornelius

MusicSoulNewDoneNowNothing

'Translations Through Speakers' was literally, I'm translating very spottily what my aspirations are.

Jon Bellion

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