Ben Bass Quotes
The way I navigate scenes is through what I perceive to be the emotional truth of the character: what he wants from moment to moment.
Quotes to Explore
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I am not a perfect 10 anymore. I can only try my best.
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My parents took me to see plays, starting from when I was very little. Oftentimes, I was too young to understand. I don't know what my parents were thinking - 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf' when I was eight years old, that kind of thing. So lots of times, I didn't understand what was going on, but I just loved the sound of dialogue.
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I want to compete in the next Olympics. If I go to Rio, it will be my third time, which is a rare feat for an Indian athlete. For me, Olympics is important because it's the biggest event on earth for a sports person. I hope this time around I come back with a medal.
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I'm from Brooklyn. In Brooklyn, if you say, 'I'm dangerous', you'd better be dangerous.
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Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.
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I think as long as I have a creative outlet, I'm happy.
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In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
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I love adventure sports. And, I love cooking.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.
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I played a lot of squash for a lot of years.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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I don't really consider myself an impressionist.
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None of us, remember, knew that 9/11 was gonna happen. We didn't live in a state of anxiety and fear about Osama Bin Laden. The CIA might have, and they failed to prevent it. But the general public didn't have any knowledge. Now we have knowledge of it, and it's a very clear and present danger in our lives.
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You learn a lot about love before you ever get there. You learn at least as much about love from books as you do from watching your parents.
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I have my own past and my own personality. I'm going to relate to the material in a completely different way than somebody else might.
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Good is somebody who delivered and allowed the company to overcome obstacles, without leaving a profound impact on its culture. Great is somebody who leads his company to achievements and performance and value that nobody was expecting it had.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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My life is European.
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My spiritual evolution I would describe as journey from literalism to figuratism. I now see all religious texts as pointing to an ineffable truth.
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Your character - you own it. That's something you have to grab hold of on 'This Is England'. Your character is your character.
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Especially in our society, for a woman to be ambitious and controlling, that's a negative. Whereas me as a person, I don't think that's negative. If I wasn't ambitious and controlling to a certain extent, I wouldn't be where I am today.
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Take everything easy and quit dreaming and brooding and you will be well guarded from a thousand evils.
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The way I navigate scenes is through what I perceive to be the emotional truth of the character: what he wants from moment to moment.
