Laura Benanti Quotes
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Age for me is just a number.
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Glasgow has truly become my home away from home.
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Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work.
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I would not, under any circumstances, try to impose my personal faith and belief on the rest of the country. I don't think that's right. I don't think that's appropriate. But freedom of religion doesn't mean freedom from religion. And I think that anything we can do to promote the idea that people should express their faith is a good thing.
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Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure.
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I'm confident in who I am. I've come to a place in my life where I've accepted things that are me, as opposed to feeling pressure to explain myself to people around me. That's just the way I've always tried to be. It didn't change when I became a star.
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Anybody, and any company, can have a big run of success once, but if you're going to repeat that over time, you need to be aware that you need to keep learning.
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I can't imagine going on when there are no more expectations.
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I always said when I was younger, I wanted to write film music, and I think that's what my ultimate dream is.
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There are a lot of factors in the life of an F1 driver which can combine to make you believe that you are somehow above normality. I think that is a mistake to start believing that. But, at the same time, it is important to be confident.
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This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
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I try to work on shows that I would want to watch.
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Life is like a movie-since there aren't any commercial breaks, you have to get up and go to the bathroom in the middle of it.
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Paris and Nicky Hilton? Those girls will show up to the opening of a phone book. It's like a big joke.
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I got into politics because I was tired of complaining.
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I am definitely a dog person. I feel like Webster and I are very much alike.
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We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.
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My wife calls me the Imelda Marcos of books. As soon as a book enters our home it is guaranteed a permanent place in our lives. Because I have never been able to part with even one, they have gradually accumulated like sediment.
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I feel best when I am modestly dressed. It's a choice I make and am proud of; for me, I don't think I have to show skin to be beautiful.
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I've never had a MySpace or a Facebook page. I avoid that entirely.
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It is good to know what a man is, and also what the world takes him for. But you do not understand him until you have learnt how he understands himself.
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I find a lot of feminist reading quite confusing and that often there's a set of rules, and people will be like, 'Oh, this person isn't a true feminist because they don't embody this one thing,' and I don't know, often it can be a gray area, and it can be a hard thing to navigate.
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Do I want to write a musical? No. I like to do musicals.
