Ben Mikaelsen Quotes
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If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn't be able to do my job here. I'll do what I think is right and explain it later.
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I'm the 1st black platinum artist in Detroit, solo artist in Detroit.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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Ever since I took to the streets when I was 17 to protest at great personal risk against the communist dictatorship, I have been a passionate democrat.
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To this day, I've never figured out a single locked-room mystery.
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The notion that female initiative is useless because men know what they want is particularly odd - most people don't even know what they want for dinner.
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I don't like to run. You will not see me running on a treadmill ever. Ever! I like boxing, though, so if I can go to the gym and box for 30 minutes, I will.
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In Hollywood, you play a mom and instantly, you've got osteoporosis.
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It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.
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Even though my songs may sound very personal, to me most of them are fiction. It is a great way for me to be able to live a fantasy life as a writer because I get to be someone else, someplace else for three and a half minutes, just like the listener.
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I think I can help others just by my example.
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If you always think about your dreams or goals, work steadfastly towards them and continue to challenge yourself, you will definitely be able to realise those dreams or goals.
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It's really funny because the same people who loved me as Stringer Bell were the same people that were watching 'Daddy's Little Girls' literally in tears.
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The soul can split the sky in two and let the face of God shine through.
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It's funny the things the Internet likes to proclaim.
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There's nothing interesting about seeing our characters for an hour and a half do some flashy flying in the sky and beating up on some buildings. It's boring, and people don't want that anymore. They want character, and they want story.
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When the government takes more money out of the pockets of middle class Americans, entrepreneurs, and businesses, it lessens the available cash flow for people to spend on goods and services, less money to start businesses, and less money for businesses to expand - i.e. creating new jobs and hiring people.
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I believe in a strong national defense. But it's my belief that neither Iraq nor Afghanistan poses a threat to national security, and we shouldn't be involved in either area.
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When I started to write 'Crazy Thing Called Love,' I wanted a conflict that would not only bring Billy and Maddy together in terms of proximity and give them a common goal but that would also drive a wedge between them. And nothing fit the bill quite like the arrival of some children.
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I belonged to the 'Point Break' generation - I watched the original when I was 13 years old. It's basically the story of the rescue of the human spirit, and we continue to fight that same spiritual battle, but with a political expression.
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Job-wise, I did have a moment of panic that I should have been a doctor a few years ago, but I hate when people vomit.
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Leisure can be one of the Mothers of Philosophy.
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There is no standard way of using painting techniques.
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Our differences should be our strength, not why we fight.
