Ben Barnes Quotes
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When I'm not writing, I read loads of fiction, but I've been writing quite constantly lately so I've been reading a lot of nonfiction - philosophy, religion, science, history, social or cultural studies.
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Be present. Be meditative. Form real friendships. Stay away from business networking events or friendships where there is always an underlying business angle.
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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I don't have a great instrument. I don't have the kind of ungodly control over my voice and body that great actors have. And I've worked with enough great actors to know that I'm not one.
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An artist is born like a priest is born. If they are born an artist, I would tell them art is not a game: it is something very serious which completely requires everything you have to give.
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I start the day with the intention of doing 4,000 sit-ups but then have to work.
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I want to create a body of work that is entertaining and speaks to people for a long time. Longer than my life span.
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I would like to be a legend, everyone wants to be a legend.
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Much like anyone with too much time on his or her hands, I feel as though I am the most important person on earth and everything I do is relevant. I say the most charming and inspired things when no one is around.
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One must know the so-called 'lesson of a downpour.' A man, caught in a sudden rain en route, dashes along the road not to get wet or drenched. Once one takes it for granted that in rain he naturally gets wet, he can be in a tranquil frame of mind even when soaked to the skin. This lesson applies to everything.
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At night when I used to sleep, I was thinking all the time that shall I put a knife under my pillow.
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Men say they love independence in a woman, but they don't waste a second demolishing it brick by brick.
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I am very conscious of who I am as an artist and as an inspirational person.
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In Korea, when I started, there wasn't a trend where people chose to be both actors and singers. I was the first to do both. It was a great deal hard work, but I got a lot of support and love from my audience. And for me to receive the same treatment overseas, I felt that I was also very lucky.
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I'm a clown, which could be a public health role. I'm really interested in moving our society away from a society needing Xanax and Prozac, and that is really feeling depressed, to one that is celebrating, and so I find just walking around in colorful clothes, people smile.
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There's all this stuff that is happening in Edinburgh now, it's a sad attempt to create an Edinburgh society, similar to a London society, a highbrow literature celebrity society.
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A priest is he who lives solely in the realm of the invisible, for whom all that is visible has only the truth of an allegory.
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It is important that we women use our position as a platform to influence for good.
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Any experience can be transformed into something of value.
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I've watched directors since my very first day of acting because I knew I wanted to direct.
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Opinions are like kittens. People are always giving them away.
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I like costumes. I am always dressing up - I'm very English like that.
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Half my fan mail comes from Japan.
