Ben Barnes Quotes
Maybe Oliver Stone doesn't lend himself well to remakes or sequels, because he does them so well the first time.
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My stepfather was quite into opera, but he'd play it when he was in a bad mood, so you'd hear this boom through the floor, Wagner, and you'd feel nervous.
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I think these people have betrayed or have forgotten their ancestors.
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Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.
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The first president I met was L. B. J.
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I keep in touch with what's real.
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Salaries and wages must reflect the reality of the enterprise's economic performance; deviations from the planned performance should be reflected in pay.
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Each person is living for himself; his own happiness is all he can ever personally feel.
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I've always been extremely physically active.
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Chaotic people often have chaotic lives, and I think they create that. But if you try and have an inner peace and a positive attitude, I think you attract that.
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It took years for me to figure out what my body needs and that what works for my friends doesn't necessarily work for me. Doing yoga five times a week has transformed my body.
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As a child, I had a serious illness that lasted for two years or more. I have vague recollections of this illness and of my being carried about a great deal. I was known as the 'sick one.' Whether this illness gave me a twist away from ordinary paths, I don't know; but it is possible.
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I came to America to make it my home, and I did.
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I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is alienating... because it causes war, hypocrisy and competition.
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Life at a public company ain't for me. The board pays you what you're worth, then you get reamed for your compensation.
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Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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There is no real agreement among scholars as to whether Homer and Hesiod were contemporaries or whether Homer came a hundred or so years later or earlier. How could there be, given that both poets recited and sang in an oral culture.
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A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.
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I'm so bored of all these girls who have written about 20 books by the time they're 25.
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What I love about believing in a living God is that I believe God is constantly revealing God's self to us over time, and with each succeeding generation, we come a little closer to understanding the mind of God.
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Human character is just endlessly fascinating, and there is no character who is one thing any more than any one person is just one thing. As you work on a character, he/she is revealed more and more. That's what I continue to love about the work.
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What's going on outside? It was really nice - all the fans out there with big signs.
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Who do you think controls the Republican Party? Big money controls the Republican Party. This is where their campaign contributions come from.
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Maybe Oliver Stone doesn't lend himself well to remakes or sequels, because he does them so well the first time.
