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Related What he truly wanted was to be left to his own devices. Not by his actual father, who could no longe... MAGGIE STIEFVATER If someone had asked him, “Ben, are you lonely? , ” he would have looked at that someone with re... STEPHEN KING Vasudeva listened with great attention. Listening carefully, he let everything enter his mind, ... HERMANN HESSE I don't think Ben had all his stuff today. He did settle down after giving up two runs in the first.... MIKE REAGAN The standard of a true leader is that he sets also his own rules than merely and blindly obeys the s... ANUJ SOMANY I started writing by doing small related things but not the thing itself, circling it and getting cl... AMY HEMPEL From the stage Ben catches my eye. "This is for them, Taylor," he calls out as they begin to play. I... MELINA MARCHETTA There is a latent talent in everyone. I am nothing extraordinary just because I happen to be an acto... PAWAN KALYAN Dr. Einstein was not successful in school, but he found something in the air from his own imaginatio... EARTHA KITT After high school, Michael wanted to take the next step and help his country. When he was 17, he urg... MIKE DEWINE It was a great cross from Ben Strand, and Nick did his thing. We just stuck in there. DERYCK LIM He has had a terrific season and his presence on game days will be missed. But we are confident that... DAVE KASPER I happened to see Larry King interview Billy Graham shortly after the shootings at Columbine High Sc... DONALD MILLER In order to have faith in his own path, he does not need to prove that someone else's path is wrong. PAULO COELHO For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. BIBLE BIBLE For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. BIBLE Ben is so young, and he has so much to learn. Matt has arrived. But for the future, I would rather h... WARREN MOON We came from a family where we ran our own small business. Our dad made his own products. We made ou... MARCY KAPTUR If Warren Buffett made his money from ordinary income rather than capital gains, his tax rate would ... MICHAEL BLOOMBERG Butch didn't live in his own place. He didn't spend his own money. He had no job, no future. He was ... J.R. WARD (Billy) Graham went through passages of hypochondria and his closest friends had to assure him that ... NANCY GIBBS; MICHAEL DUFFY Lincoln's stepmother probably did not teach him very much, but she kindled his mind and encouraged h... SOURCE UNKNOWN ...the issue becomes not whether a person has experience with a stigma of his own, because he has, b... ERVING GOFFMAN But at home, that same day he'd jumped into the fountain, he'd gotten so anxious, pacing around the ... JOHN COREY WHALEY Lazarus had never thought of himself as lovable. Therefore it should come as no shock at all that Te... ELIZABETH HOYT There is a little bit of Ben Hogan in that swing. The way he attacks the ball. He's played some grea... BEN CRENSHAW [She is also clearly tickled by the memories of meeting the stars who have guest appearances on the ... BEN STILLER I was happy for Ben Rhoda getting his 1,000th point tonight and the way he got the put back which ba... MURRY BARTOW Rooney is one of the best players in the world at the moment. He has his own temperament but I think... PAWEL JANAS You differ from a great man in only one respect: the great man was once a very little man, but he de... WILHELM REICH I had a really bad stretch in the second set. I was dumping balls at one point. He had momentum on h... ANDY RODDICK I think it's flat-out a referendum on Arnold and his agenda. I don't think there's any way around th... SHERRY BEBITCH JEFFE The key to every man is his thought. Sturdy and defying though he look, he has a helm which he obeys... RALPH WALDO EMERSON How did I know this? I could see his lips moving. At one point, he screwed up his courage and asked ... DIANNE DANIELS That wasn't in the playbook and that's when Ben is at his best. CEDRICK WILSON When Warren Buffett invests in a company, he is conferring upon that company something very unique: ... BETHANY MCLEAN Ben and I built Ben & Jerry's on the idea that business has a responsibility to the community and en... JERRY GREENFIELD Where did he go when he left us? I spied the new journal he had started using just last week and hel... AMY TAN We are very pleased with the way Ben closed out his conference career. Ben has always been an extrem... BRENNAN CLEVELAND I think we have to face right in the center of the hurricane, if you will, Martin Luther King, Jr.... MICHAEL ERIC DYSON I had not then learned the philosophy which teaches that he who would attempt enterprises of great c... WILLIAM REYNOLDS Not only did he do that and win a national championship in the process at Texas Western, he became a... JOSH LUCAS He swore by all that he ever had loved and reverenced that he would try, try with all his might in t... GENE STRATTON-PORTER I wanted him to be a toy man that I could bring upstairs with me, then store on a high shelf in the ... ELIZABETH BERG My thoughts just now are with Graham. He has lost his job, and that was harsh. I feel strongly about... JIM DUFFY The key to every man is his thought. He can only be reformed by showing him a new idea which command... RALPH WALDO EMERSON The key to every man is his thought.... He can only be reformed by showing him a new idea which comm... RALPH WALDO EMERSON I believe he was a hero and he did try to apprehend the shooter, and I understand that he probably d... LUCIA JACKSON One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all. SUN TZU I can't believe how poised he's been. It's difficult to imagine that this is his second pro season. ... TERRY BRADSHAW A man must first care for his own household before he can be of use to the state. But no matter how ... THEODORE ROOSEVELT He got his mechanical ability from his dad. But the low riding idea is his own. CAROL COBB He started talking about his wife and how she was taking advantage of him, spending his money, ... H... GARY MCLARTY It is a Blessed thing that in every age someone has had the individuality enough to stand by his own... ROBERT INGERSOLL He's not contemplating retirement. He wants to go out on top. He wants to go out his way. He plans o... HERMAN MORRIS It is a fool who seeks to build a monument for the greatest of his ancestors, for all he had to do w... NOLAN BANKS Ben is also considered one of the best soccer players in the state of Ohio. He is a central midfield... DENNIS CURRIER No! No one who was great in the world will be forgotten, but everyone was great in his own way, and ... SøREN KIERKEGAARD What is it that constitutes virtue, Mrs. Graham? Is it the circumstance of being able and willing to... ANNE BRONTë No one could preach if he seriously looked at his own sins. BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA I hope that my painting has the impact of giving someone, as it did me, the feeling of his own total... BARNETT NEWMAN No one is ordinary because every person carries the wisdom of his own unique path! MEHMET MURAT ILDAN A thug is someone who stands on his own. He lives by the decisions he makes and accepts the conseque... TRICK DADDY A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife,
vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given ... BIBLE I’m not sure we’re close enough to the abyss for Ben Bernanke to wave goodbye and ride off into ... BOBBY W. MILLER (Gonzalez) did that on his own; it was a push-bunt. I told Haley to be ready in case he pushes it an... BILL PLUMMER For I consider brains far superior to money in every way. You may have noticed that if one has money... L. FRANK BAUM Your nipples are like Novocain.” “You’re at a distinct advantage because I have no... DEBRA ANASTASIA He was a great person to have on staff. He made a real contribution, not only by his own writing, bu... GORDON DAVIDSON I said that he was my superior in observation and deduction. If the art of the detective began and e... ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Seven principles for eradicating selfish ambition in the fellowship: 2. the ministry of meekness ... DIETRICH BONHOEFFER Cassie?” It’s Sammy, holding on to Ben, because he’s feeling the Ben thing a little more ... RICK YANCEY I might be popular, but that is not sufficient in a parliamentary democracy set-up. One has to asses... SHARAD PAWAR Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read ... SAM WYLY I don't see how anybody could do that, but he did. And his work didn't suffer. Broadcasting was his ... HANK GREENWALD It is a blessed thing that in every age someone has had the individuality enough and courage enough ... ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own fortune, and he inheri... FRANCIS HERBERT HEDGE Billy Graham is one of my great lifetime heroes. I think he epitomizes the essence of what a Christi... JIMMY CARTER I'm happy for Todd, ... He worked his rear-end off — he was at every meeting and invested his own ... WAYNE GRETZKY The determination that is his biggest strength . . . is also at times his fatal flaw. Like an unthin... LIN PARDEY I sought Ben Affleck because I needed an everyman for this role. Ben appeals to men and women. He gi... JOHN FRANKENHEIMER The Dog and the Shadow
A DOG, crossing a bridge over a stream with a piece of flesh in his mouth, sa... AESOP Our goal was to limit what Ben (Hansbrough) did. He's one of the best players in the state, and he c... CODY GREEN Very few players maintain the pace, obviously, he's on. Brian Fair, Ray Allen, Ben Gordon, the great... JIM CALHOUN Every man is his own ancestor, and every man is his own heir. He devises his own future, and he inhe... FREDERICK HENRY HEDGE Ben was in his truck, window down, idling at the curb, dark lenses hiding his eyes from her, looking... JILL SHALVIS That was his big thing. He did that several times. He was extremely generous. He was always buying t... LYNDELL ZANOTTI Ben did very well to place ninth. He ran a very good race. IAN BATTLES You go in the crowd and you mix, but no one knows that a buddha has entered the crowd. No one comes ... OSHO [The Jets' game Friday against the Vikings will pit one former Australian Rules Football League play... BEN GRAHAM God did not create woman from man's head, that he should command her, nor from his feet, that she sh... HEBREW PROVERB When Christ said: I was hungry and you fed me, he didn't mean only the hunger for bread and for food... MOTHER THERESA Graham hyper-extended his knee and it has ended up a bit sore. There is no structural damage but we ... CHRIS CONNOLLY See how he cowers and sneaks, how vaguely all the day he fears, not being immortal nor divine, but t... HENRY DAVID THOREAU I don't like Heather Graham. She did an interview and said, 'I didn't want to kiss Corey... COREY HAIM When I came into the picture, Ben and his dad had had a lot of together time and did a lot of grown-... BRENDA ROETHLISBERGER My own great-grandfather suffered so much from asthma that he had to walk a mile or two behind the c... JOSEPH B. WIRTHLIN Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which... WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING He did not indicate that anyone else was involved and my distinct impression was that he had done th... PETER KELLEY And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and h... BIBLE
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MICHAEL EKLUND I always tell my employees, the busier it gets, the slower you should cook. When you run around like... MICHAEL SYMON Commerce has changed the ethics of citizenship and the incentives for national service. America now ... MICHAEL IGNATIEFF Rivalries don't necessarily mean races being close at major championships. I had a rivalry with ... MICHAEL JOHNSON The relentless invisible storm of radio signals and electronic particles, the hustle and bustle, and... MICHAEL LEUNIG I got married very young and put my career on the back burner for the most part because that's w... MICHAEL LEARNED I am an English-speaking Canadian, but my entire family - Russian exiles and the Canadians they marr... MICHAEL IGNATIEFF If you're going away, be sure to cancel the paper, the milk, and the laundry pickup. Remove the ... MICHAEL FROME I don't know if you call a burger 'recession food.' It's comfort food. MICHAEL MINA I teach in the medical school, the School of Public Health, the Kennedy School of Government, and th... MICHAEL PORTER The greatest business people I've met are determined to get it right no matter what the cost. MICHAEL GERBER A lot of people have experimented with hidden cameras and magic before. What I do, which I think is ... MICHAEL CARBONARO I've been on so many primetime shows that were cancelled - after one episode, after 10 episodes,... MICHAEL EASTON The lifespan of any show is to end in cancellation. MICHAEL CUDLITZ We inherit every one of our genes, but we leave the womb without a single microbe. As we pass throug... MICHAEL SPECTER I'm a Canadian citizen. But I always want to feel at home in Sri Lanka. I'm a member of both... MICHAEL ONDAATJE