Syd (Sydney Loren Bennett) Quotes
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Like many people in Britain, I have an affectionate respect for the Queen, and am surprised that I should be having such republican thoughts.
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Along with issues like global warming, I think a problem with the world today is population decline.
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I think it takes 30 years to build a luxury brand.
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Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.
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Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.
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Ironically, I'm a really crap liar, even though I do it for a living. I give away too much, somehow. I can't lie!
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I have made that one of my policies never to play anything that I've already put on record.
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I remember, when I was younger, it was such a big fantasy for me. Now that I actually have a career and have made an album, it's really surreal.
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I can't imagine that I would have been cast in the role, without Jamie Lee giving me a thumbs up.
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I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is.
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The Keynesian belief that 'demand' is always at the root of underemployment and slow growth is a fallacy.
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Our dear country, Iran, throughout history has been subject to threats.
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Wanting to be in a Western film won't get me very far. Unless the opportunity arose, it doesn't matter how much I want to be in one. But if an opportunity did arise, no actor would pass it up.
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I don't eat bad food. I probably just eat too much food, and I think a lot of people do.
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To play vinyl onstage is not my thing. For me, vinyl is for home listening.
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After making several tragic movies in a row, I was looking to do a comedy, and one without cynicism.
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I still have that new senator smell.
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Family is the place where acceptance and validation are most needed, but often the hardest to find.
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A lot of people I make music with are really talented and it doesn't stop at one instrument.
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It is an absolute impossibility in this society to reversely sexually objectify heterosexual men, just as it is impossible for a poor person of color to be a racist. Such extreme prejudice must be accompanied by the power of society's approval and legislation. While women and poor people of color may become intolerant, personally abusive, even hateful, they do not have enough power to be racist or sexist.
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The saddest part about being human is not paying attention. Presence is the gift of life.
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If everything happens for a reason, what's the reason?
