Melissa Benoist Quotes
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I have odd thumbs that are extremely flexible. I can bend them quite far down the back side of my hand, basically the opposite side you'd even try to attempt bending your thumb. Because of that, I'm a very good thumb wrestler.
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I feel comfortable whenever I step on the floor.
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I love the creativity of New York, but I don't enjoy the city - I don't like living here.
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I'm always nervous when I start a new picture.
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The hardest thing about being an unpublished writer is that there's always that voice in your head that asks if you're really being a fool. You might just really stink and not know it. You have to have a lot of blind faith in the process. You have to like it so much that you're going to do it anyway.
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If apartheid is removed, then the violence that is necessary to maintain it will be removed along with the pressures from apartheid which create a violent response.
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The true meaning of feminism is this: to use your strong womanly image to gain strong results in society.
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If I could get the respect of 14-year-olds, I'm happy. They're the toughest audience.
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Politics is a herd mentality. Politicians don't really lead. Politicians reflect what they think is consensus opinion.
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I refuse to confide and don't like it when people write about art.
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Creating a role is an interesting thing - each show or each situation is different.
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The genesis of Public Interest Litigation in listening to the voice of the voiceless and giving access to the poor, the marginalised, and the weak is a unique experiment to be lauded.
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Making a film or doing a play are completely different experiences and entirely fulfilling, but completely unique. I also think one complements the other. People often say that theater is about flexing your muscles, and is actually real acting, whereas I sort of disagree.
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In a bigger picture, all over the world is a boys' club.
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A true champion can adapt to anything.
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There always have been funny women.
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Give the peasants neither life nor death.
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As long as I have ambition, maybe I can achieve something for my country.
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What I have been talking about for many years is opportunity conservatism, that every policy should focus like a laser on easing the means of ascent up the economic ladder.
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There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. When you're not doing what you're used to, you could completely fall on your face. You could completely blow it.
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When I was at school, I wanted to join the army. At college, I started acting in college plays, and it became a kind of addiction. I was very shy when I was at school, but the plays seemed to give voice to my feelings.
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The road to tyranny, we must never forget, begins with the destruction of the truth.
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It was only after Pather Panchali had some success at home that I decided to do a second part. But I didn't want to do the same kind of film again, so I made a musical.
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Reading about myself on Perez Hilton was kind of the weirdest thing ever.
