Benny Green Quotes

Any time I need to get a serious attitude adjustment, I put on one of their records, and there are examples there for all time to keep us honest and keep us reaching; they'll never be eclipsed.

Benny Green

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: December 9, 1927 - June 22, 1998

Topics

AttitudeTimeSeriousNeverNeedUs

There's no 'Chutes and Ladders' in life.

Sophia Amoruso

LifeLadders

It was a total accident that I walked into my 'Super 8' audition looking exactly right for the part.

Ron Eldard

LookingRightAccidentAuditionPart

The romantic idealism of my youth has been replaced with realism and hard work at what I love.

Monique Roffey

WorkHard WorkLoveRomanticYouth

Am I a slacker? I can be a slacker. When I was in college, most people got summer jobs for college or did research during college. I went home and watched TV the whole day for three months; it was really awesome.

Luis von Ahn

HomeDayPeopleCollegeResearch

Architecture depends on facts, but its real field of activity lies in the realm of the significance.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

ArchitectureFactsRealActivity

I think basically becoming famous has taken the place of going to Heaven in modern society, hasn't it? That's the place where your dreams will come true. It's an act of faith now; they think that's going to sort things out.

Jarvis Cocker

DreamsFaithYour DreamsSocietyNow

In Rio de Janeiro, every cop has to make a choice. He either turns dirty, keeps his mouth shut, or goes to war.

Jose Padilha

WarMouthChoiceDirtyCopShut

I wanted to come up with a hybrid show of sorts that wasn't your traditional 'dump and stir' type of cooking show.

Debi Mazar

CookingUpShowComeYourHybrid

I think that every enduring story that has expressions over multiple periods, that role of being the keeper of the integrity of the vision is a very important role.

Chris Meledandri

IntegrityVisionStoryThinkOver

As income inequality increases, the social and political sway of those at the very, very top grows, too. They are nearly all men, and men whose lived experience tells them that women, for whatever reason, just don't have what it takes.

Chrystia Freeland

WomenExperienceMenPoliticalTop

But the single overwhelming reason why jails are bursting is longer sentences given for more crimes.

Polly Toynbee

WhyMoreReasonSingleOverwhelming

I made the varsity team as a freshman at 15. Then, I tore a tendon and never fully recovered. I was a shortstop, then third baseman, then second baseman.

Peter Scolari

TeamNeverSecondMadeFreshman

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