Ben Folds Quotes

Everyone, when you're a teenager and you're growing up, you do feel like your life is dramatic enough to be on a TV screen, but we know that it's not.

Ben Folds

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LifeGrowing UpFeelEnoughYouUp

What makes you a SEAL, what makes you a SEAL is being a good tactician on the battle field, understanding how to shoot, move, and communicate, knowing small unit maneuver warfare. That's what makes a good SEAL, and so that is the course of instruction that I taught, was getting SEAL platoons ready for deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.

Jocko Willink

GoodSmallBattleUnderstandingYou

Life is made too easy. Mankind's moral fibre is giving way under the softening influence of luxury.

Johan Huizinga

LifeInfluenceGivingLuxuryEasy

The best way to avoid bureaucracy is to have small teams who are empowered to make decisions and get their work done.

Aneel Bhusri

WorkBestSmallDecisionsDoneWay

The one thing I've always tried to do in my life, in my work, on TV, is I just keep it real. I find it hard and time-consuming to try to be fake.

Ana Navarro

LifeWorkFakeMy LifeFindTry

I think the gains to be achieved by a combination of reforms and labor market adjustments are going to be more permanent and will provide a basis for reducing unemployment and improving export performance, and sustaining growth, in a way that is more sound and permanent.

Lucas Papademos

GrowthPerformanceThinkLaborWay

You can't ask me to explain the lyrics because I won't do it.

Lou Reed

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Directing 'The Office' is kind of like someone going, 'Would you like to drive my Lamborghini?' And I'm like 'Yes, I would like to drive your Lamborghini. That sounds like fun.'

Jason Reitman

FunDriveSomeoneYouKindOffice

Too many writers of fiction don't give the reader enough credit.

Jonathan Evison

EnoughCreditFictionGiveManyToo

McCarthy's prose in 'Blood Meridian' comes blazing from the Book of Revelation.

Clive Sinclair

BookBloodRevelationProseMcCarthy

I can't tell you how many meetings I open up with, 'My voice is last.' I don't want anybody to hear my opinion before I hear everybody else's opinion.

Bonnie Hammer

OpinionVoiceMeetingsYouWantUp

I've really enjoyed playing this game. It's a game that I try my best to enjoy to the fullest. Without pressure. Relaxed. And that helps me when I play.

Asdrubal Cabrera

BestMeGamePressureEnjoyPlay

He asked my girlfriend if we could come over and sing some of the songs that we had written, which we did. After he heard the songs, he said that he knew someone in the record business by the name of Bob Shad.

Phil Harris

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