Haley Bennett Quotes
Before 'Music and Lyrics,' I was just doing high school plays and singing in my church choir and my school choir.
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My paternal grandfather Rustom Mehta had a huge influence on me because of his ethics and his values.
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During the 2008 election, I made clear to the Obama campaign that I don't think it's wise for me to force my personal political agenda on anyone.
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Most actors go, 'I read the script and fell in love with it'; I fall in love with the directors.
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For quite a while, I didn't receive a higher academic status. I didn't feel any discrimination against me as a woman scientist, but I hadn't produced a lot of science journal articles.
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I loved math and science. It just made sense to me. But my hatred for world history has come to bite me in the butt in my adult years. Every show I have done professionally has required me to study the world in which my characters lived.
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We didn't sleep last week - we literally didn't sleep - because we've been so busy with the book.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back.
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I don't want to build any image for myself. I don't want people to say, 'He does only a certain type of role.' I don't want only to be the hero of the story. An actor's weakness is the different roles that he can't do. But I am keen to grab only those roles as I am here to challenge myself.
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I think it's important for girls to be confident. Believe in yourself and... everybody's hot.
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I had $20,000, and I started up JYSK.
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Law is the essential foundation of stability and order both within societies and in international relations.
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For very long, I wasn't able to find a place for myself in movies. After my initial success, I didn't know how to capitalise on it.
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I grew up on the edge of a national park in Canada - timberwolves, creeks, snow drifts.
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Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.
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The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles.
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We say that the ICC is targeting Africans, but all of the victims in our cases in Africa are African victims.
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I've always been working just to be a world champion and it's a dream come true.
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In the '90s, you couldn't say the word 'nerd' to someone when pitching a show. They would have considered that too niche and wouldn't have listened.
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My parents had normal jobs, and I didn't just want to work all day, and so I thought if I could break into music I wouldn't have to work all day. And I had an uncle who was on Broadway, so I was like, 'I have to be able to sing.'
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I rendezvous with the long wire and perform the 'torero walk', gliding my feet, holding the pole away from my body, head high.
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I didn't know Charlie Parker well, but I spent some time with him, and he was articulate and well-spoken with a lot of curiosity about music and the world. But the only way he seems to be depicted is as a junkie. And that's not the full picture.
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There are plenty of bands who never get in the charts and it doesn't mean that they're not any good. Actually, a lot of the top ten is filled with stuff that just sounds the same. I could guess what's in there now - probably a bit of GaGa, Beyonce and some U.S. R&B males.
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Before 'Music and Lyrics,' I was just doing high school plays and singing in my church choir and my school choir.
