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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Since I started playing at the Olympics in 2000, I have always wanted to do a dress based on Wonder Woman. It should be interesting to wear. And hopefully, it will get me a gold medal.
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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 never thought 'Stairway to Heaven' was a long song. I loved how there was this part and then there was another part that was completely different.
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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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I'm going to try to do music for the rest of my life, but that's just trying. Maybe it's not going to work out. Who knows?
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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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I know that some filmmakers strive for a kind of naturalistic approach, but you're never going to capture something that's really natural - just the simple fact that you choose to put a frame around something means that you've already chosen one particular thing to put more attention on.
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I believe that when you find problems, you should also find solutions.
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Caricatures created by politics never fit comfortably into the Oval Office.
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First rate mathematicians choose first rate people, but second rate mathematicians choose third rate people.
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In a sense, what we do with the regional development agencies is to give them resources to look at the deficiencies in the economy in the regional areas, so they can address themselves to that.
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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.
