Dirk Benedict Quotes
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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
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NATO remains the cornerstone of Atlantic security.
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There's all sorts of stuff people want to publish anonymously.
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As I lay so sick on my bed, from Christmas till March, I was always praying for poor ole master. 'Pears like I didn't do nothing but pray for ole master. 'Oh, Lord, convert ole master;' 'Oh, dear Lord, change dat man's heart, and make him a Christian.'
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I feel privileged that I've been able to get anywhere, with my quote-unquote limited mainstream appeal, given my race and subject matter. Of course, I always have my masters to fall back on.
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'Power' is a very special film for me and is one of the finest films of my career. I have played a character that I have never done before. My role has a lot of comedy.
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There are many respects in which America, if it can bring itself to act with the magnanimity and the empathy appropriate to its size and power, can be an intelligent example to the world.
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'Good English' is whatever educated people talk; so that what is good in one place or time would not be so in another.
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My shows and my material are grounded in reality. It's pretty much something that's either happened in my life or in the news, and I start there and give you my take on it.
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With competition everyone has to try harder.
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I always think that good writers should be growing up on the brink of death - it really lets them see mortality very clearly.
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The only thing that exists to me is commercial pop music.
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I wish I was more stupid because I'm either completely ecstatic and joyous and absolutely high as a kite or I'm a bit morbid. There's never anything in between.
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Of the great entrepreneurs of this era, people will have forgotten Steve Jobs.
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I'd do the same things, but I'd be a little more quiet.
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Justice must not only be seen to be done but has to be seen to be believed.
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'Homeland' is great at challenging our preconceived ideas.
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Being on set with my dad - that's so cool. People always ask me if that made me nervous, but it's the same element when you're a kid - when your parents come in the auditorium for those school performances. It calms you.
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I've definitely had the experience where I was pursuing someone for a long time that I just obviously did not connect with, so I was always, kind of altering myself for her, But then you realize it's just not worth it. What's the point?
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I learn much more by traveling by myself.
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No one knows how to write a novel until it's been written.
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Movies are movies, television is television.
