Jimmy Bennett Quotes
I work mostly during the week, and on the weekend I get to hang out with friends, so it balances out pretty well.
Quotes to Explore
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I feel like I've cheated. I never knew what to do. I was never a good enough painter to earn a living, and so I drifted into the theatre, and I've had a successful life. I feel guilty that I've never done a day's work in my life!
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I consider music to be storytelling, melody and rhythm. A lot of hip-hop has broken music down. There are no instruments and no songwriting. So you're left with just storytelling and rhythm. And the storytelling can be so braggadocious, you're just left with rhythm.
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The high point was that the people are really nice - despite the crazy politics - and I loved being there. The hardest part was knowing some of the things I was probably going to write about Texas would make those nice people very unhappy.
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Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.
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I think I'm a critic of corporate power, whether locally or globally. And the term 'globalization' I've never found all that helpful.
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Boating on the lake is one of my favorite summer activities.
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We as women have a voice and we are decision makers in what film to see. We always support our boyfriends and husbands by going to see the male dominated films, but we don't compel them to see films with female casts.
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Big Business can make laws as easily as it can break them - and with as little impunity.
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If you seek my help and guidance, I will immediately give it to you.
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I've come a long way since 2007 when I kind of launched my golf career.
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In a marathon, if you run too fast, you get exhausted. If you run too slow, you never make it.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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I could never see a book written in a foreign language without the most ardent desire to read it.
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Long Kiss Goodnight has a huge cult following. They could make another version of that movie right now and make a lot of money.
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Embrace the grease, if any, and look fresh and human. I like to look like a glazed doughnut.
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I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a lot of guys don't know what fits.
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I don't know how anyone could stop working.
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Being outside is a loose theme on 'Paracosm.' Acoustic-sounding instruments have that warmth to them that is really important to communicate. It was really important for me to tell a story – my favorite records have a narrative feel.
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When they see those fourteen lights, they're looking at a miracle. And deep down, they feel that whatever's going to happen, there will be someone there to help them. And that fills them with hope.
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Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama.
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I don't think you can climb Mount Everest with a broken leg, but I did break my leg prior to going to Mount Everest, so I was really climbing with a healing broken leg. I had the good fortune of climbing the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. That was a goal that I had.
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That's why you find a lot of entertainers are insecure, because it's the perfect camouflage for insecurity.
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I was a commercial roofer before this, until about age thirty. I will not work others under me and do not want to work under others.
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I work mostly during the week, and on the weekend I get to hang out with friends, so it balances out pretty well.
