Benny Green Quotes

I don't really have a lot of hobbies. I listen to a lot of spoken word. I get books on tape.

Benny Green

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Now, a lot of people have given up on government. And if you're one of those people, I would ask that you reconsider, because things are changing. Politics is not changing; government is changing.

Jennifer Pahlka

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I did television for a very long time, but if you're on television, words don't count. What the eye sees beats the words. If you switch sides, from radio to television, you learn that the wordiness that you learn on the radio is useless or not nearly as powerful, and you have to learn to trust that the eye will just beat the ear.

Robert Krulwich

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I hated Matthew Bourne's 'Swan Lake' when it first turned up, and then when it was televised, and then when it returned.

Robert Gottlieb

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If I feel like I've done a great job during an interview with the president of the United States live in the Oval Office, it doesn't give me a tenth of the good feeling of going to the school play and making eye contact with my kids as they're onstage delivering their lines. Nothing compares with that moment of connection.

Matt Lauer

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Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to look at Haiti from a psychological perspective.

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

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I love everything from country to alternative to Blink-182 and '90s music to Dave Matthews.

Spencer Boldman

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The United States of America was originally an experiment. But it was an experiment in recognizing God-given individual liberty and creating a government in which we no one is deemed better than another. And in which all of us are equal. Not equal in abilities, but equal in intrinsic worth and value.

Mike Huckabee

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You know, my dad served in the President's Cabinet after his time as a governor. He told me he enjoyed being governor a lot more. Now, I understand why. If I do my job well, I can make a difference in people's lives and I can help our children realize their dreams.

Mitt Romney

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People grow. It's okay to grow. Some people find that difficult to grasp.

Joss Stone

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I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism.

Don DeLillo

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We all wonder about death, where people go and what happens. But certainly, they cross over from this dimension to another one.

Dolores O'Riordan

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We try to put on the same show regardless of what stage or platform we're on.

Brantley Gilbert

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