Andre Benjamin Quotes
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I know that I was put on this planet to be an athlete.
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Because I travel so much, I bring my workout clothes and shoes wherever I go. That way I can always do some exercise.
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I'm an actress, not a pinup.
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Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.
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I don't play anymore, because I know I'm not going to be a pro golfer. So there's no reason to golf.
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The mandate we have as Jews is for the story of the Exodus from Egypt to be retold every generation.
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I buy so much fake jewelry, it's funny. It's not real. I don't wear real diamonds or anything.
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I'd like to make something about someone who hasn't existed so that I don't have to tread so carefully and can feel a little bit more creative freedom.
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I use iTunes for downloading music, but I always decline when prompted to update this or that new version.
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I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.
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Education can counteract the natural tendency to do the wrong thing, but the inexorable succession of generations requires that the basis for this knowledge be constantly refreshed.
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The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and re-imagines the world.
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I was lucky I always got along with girls. It was never like a big deal. I had a lot of girls that I was friends with that I wasn't sexual with. I think having two older sisters made me comfortable like that. I just like people, so I can just go up and say whatever.
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I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past.
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I always believed in my characters. I lived them.
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I am guilty of asking the Senate for pork and proud of the Senate for giving it to me.
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The most I like about cooking is eating what someone else has cooked.
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Politics is repetition. It is not change. Change is something beyond what we call politics. Change is the essence politics is supposed to be the means to bring into being.
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I think I wanted to be a doctor. In Iran, the engineering and medical professions are worshipped. My father very much wanted me to be a doctor. I was certainly eager to please as a young man - as a kid, I should say.
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A make-up artist I know polished her Oscar and it lost its lustre. But if you don't polish it, it doesn't tarnish.
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Most people imagine music playing in their heads, but some hallucinate music; some cannot sleep because of the soundtrack in their mind.
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Another story must begin!
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Australia is about as far away as you can get. I like that.
