Stella Benson Quotes
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I love the crowds at festivals because they're so chilled out.
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Someone's career that I admire would have to be Justin Timberlake's because he started off on Disney and he made this huge film career and huge solo music career. I really respect him as an artist.
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I feel like I was born to do this... I started working professionally as soon as I could, doing weddings and things like that in high school, while everyone else was having keg parties. I just felt destined to do it and really committed and driven; it was something that just felt right all my life.
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Don't say anything online that you wouldn't want your mother to read.
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A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should have killed him because he was a lawyer.
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Reality is the leading cause of stress for those in touch with it.
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It was not really a career choice that I had to make. It was something I knew right from the beginning. I had to be an actress... period.
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When Josh and I are recording a record, we're very mindful of how the music will manifest itself live. That's where we have to live every day. When we tour for the next record, I imagine there will be a new story to tell, and we'll introduce new characters.
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The president's economic plan doesn't do enough to create new jobs and that has to be a national priority. While there are some signs the economy is improving, it is not translating into jobs.
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My dad was a very funny man - he's the one who taught me life would be awfully hard without humor! I'm sure his Irish wit in some way influenced my decision to become an actress.
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I want the reader to join me on an intellectual and emotional journey into some major aspect of existence.
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My father could be very strict, but very fair. His father was the same. We all respected my grandfather; he was the head of the clan. Every morning, we all had to say good morning and kiss his hand. But not me. I jumped on his lap and bit him.
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The coal mining industry is very destructive and it doesn't have to be.
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I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile.
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Swearing relieves the feelings-that is what swearing does. I explained this to my aunt on one occasion, but it didn't answer with her. She said I had no business to have such feelings.
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There is no life without death. That is the true meaning of yin and yang.
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The picture you have of yourself, your self-esteem, will have a profound effect on the way you see the world and the way your world sees you.
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The trend for documentaries will never go away, because everybody wants to learn about the world. The world is awful in parts, but there's always going to be briliant documentaries about it, and there's always going to be people who want to see them.
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That is the stimulus of nature; it is never, never old, and always developing. Even the scarred, wrinkled earth herself is a mere infant among the old ladies and gentlemen that tread foot-paths in the sky.
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We've got to stop the name-calling and we've got to stop looking at the next election. We've got to be focused on figuring out what we're doing for the next generation.
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You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh.
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I need space between me and the audience - and the more space the better.
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Curiosity needs food as much as any of us, and dies soon if denied it.
