Laura Benanti Quotes
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I am neither a Bengali nor am I from Delhi's St Stephen's. I am an Allahabad boy.
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It's a shame in a way that people come and go with one album.
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Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
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Feature filmmaking is a very powerful medium. It has a hold on me now.
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Evolution happens in nature and in individuals. I want to participate actively in its happening within me.
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I didn't grow up listening to The Smiths, but now I am a fan. I love his music and listened to so much of it for the film. It's not a regular biopic; they picked a part of his life that people don't really know about. You learn what informs his lyrics.
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My personal style reflects my music. My music and how I dress is just how I express myself; it's just me. My music is urban pop, and my style of dressing is urban but still girly. I like that combination. The contrast is very nice.
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Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.
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God is a freaking character, with enough foibles, tantrums, and paradoxical behaviors to supply a thousand screenplays. But who do you cast?
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I always loved advertising. If I hadn't been in fashion, I'd have been in advertising.
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More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.
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Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves.
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Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
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'Motorcycle Diaries' had the best costumes - that battered jacket and those linen shirts. I wear linen shirts in real life, too, and I have a nice, simple number I got handed down. As a father, you just stop buying stuff for yourself. It's all for the kids.
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Sound as medium has an incredible elasticity. So, of course, it is tempting for artists of other fields to try something with sounds. Why not? We are living in the age when there is no limit in gathering all forms of art and music to mix it together if you so desire.
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You'd never look at a Rembrandt and say, 'That's just wood and canvas and paint - how much?!' It's all about how many people want it. It works on a pair of jeans as well - they're just material and stitching, and as soon as you walk out of the shop, they're worth nothing.
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Beauty, sweet love, is like the morning dew, Whose short refresh upon tender green, Cheers for a time, but till the sun doth show And straight is gone, as it had never been.
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My impression of Americans from the beginning is of the best, and I have never since had cause to alter my mind. They are a kind, sympathetic race of people and naturally proud of their country.
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People of all countries have the right to choose their own social system and road to development in the light of their national conditions and characteristics.
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The old Dodgers were something special, but of my teammates overall, there was nobody like Pee Wee Reese for me.
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I'm constantly being inspired by the old days and taking things from the past and allowing them to lift me up where I am now.
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Indecision and delays are the parents of failure.
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I remember when I first met Katherine Bigelow for 'Zero Dark Thirty' – actually, we met for another movie, and that never got made, and then she called me and invited me to 'Zero Dark Thirty'.
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My parents were in 'Brigadoon' on Broadway when I was a couple of years old.
