Bruce Bennett Quotes
I write box notes for Kino International, which specializes in distributing foreign films.
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America, ladies and gentlemen, has done more for me financially than Britain ever has, or ever could have done.
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The fertility cycle is a cycle entirely of living creatures passing again and again through birth, growth, maturity, death, and decay.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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All of my songs are autobiographical.
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My characters hope for better lives.
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When the whole world reads your books, is there any other happiness for a writer? I am happy that my books are read in 57 languages. But I am focused on Istanbul not because of Istanbul but because of humanity. Everyone is the same in the end.
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To me, the decathlon is its own little society and I am part of that culture.
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As a musician, life is not over just because you are getting older, and so I find retirement a very frightening and dark thought.
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The original 'Hobbit' was never intended to have a sequel - Bilbo 'remained very happy to the end of his days and those were extraordinarily long': a sentence I find an almost insuperable obstacle to a satisfactory link.
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My mom is not trying to live vicariously through me.
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I don't know how many hills and valleys I've had, how many times I've had to refocus my world and my life and my career.
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I admit that Post-it note sheets that adhere to virtually any surface are now my substitute of choice for retention.
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The message is not so much that the worms will inherit the Earth, but that all things play a role in nature, even the lowly worm.
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When I speak of family, I immediately think of a support system who can give you a reality check when you need it: a mirror reflection of myself. I believe that we are a result of our family - the people who encourage us and tell us the truth about who we are which helps us to grow through their advice and wisdom.
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I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream about it at night. The only time I don't think about it is when I'm playing it.
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I believe in the institution of marriage; Other than cinema, it's the only way to be immortalised!
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I can't help but have my sights set on Scorsese, Cohen Brothers and Spike Jones.
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I jokingly say if there was one great thing about, you know, the Lebanese Civil War was that it forced me to read.
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Men are indeed to be taught that the favour of God is offered, without exception, to all who ask it; but since those only begin to ask whom heaven by grace inspires, even this minute portion of praise must not be withheld from Him. It is the privilege of the elect to be regenerated by the Spirit of God, and then placed under His guidance and government.
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And as an American colleague said to me several months ago, he said, 'I think the challenge in Jordan - and, again, this is for the rest of the Middle East - we need to define what center is. And once we can define what center is to a Jordanian, then we can decide what's left and what's right of that.
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Let us turn elsewhere, to the wasps and bees, who unquestionably come first in the laying up of a heritage for their offspring.
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I was always torn between wanting whatever I pictured as a typical high school experience and that being just a part I wanted to play. I've written about this, but one of those typical high school experiences was drill team. Like, I just really wanted to wear a uniform and get on the bus and be part of this group. As an only child, the idea of blending in - and literally everyone being in sync and not standing out at all - felt like kind of a fun family thing.
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I write box notes for Kino International, which specializes in distributing foreign films.
