Ben Gibbard Quotes
And it's strange They are basically the same So i don't ask names anymore
Quotes to Explore
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Homeland or death! Socialism or death! We shall overcome!
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Take away the contests of the martyrs, and you have taken away their crowns.
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I stopped playing in Jr. events when I was 12 and played women's.
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I will not look back and say, 'I should have played in England.'
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I like the guys who wrote their own stuff and were able to perform it, like Seth Rogen. He popped off so young. When he did 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin,' and he was a co-producer on the movie, I was like, 'Oh my God: that's exactly what I want to do.'
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The second I walk onto the set and I know that there's a camera and I know that there's a David Twohy behind that camera, there is zero pressure. There is just me jumping into a pool called 'Riddick.' It's the most free I am. It's like channeling something.
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I've been directing for 25 years almost, and I've only directed nine films in that time because I like to be careful.
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I did direct two short movies. I learned many things, and one of the things I learned was that I am not a director. It has to be visceral, and it's not for me. I feel much more comfortable acting.
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The motivations of kings in British history can generally be reduced to two: the quest for territory and the search for a male heir. No king was secure on his throne until he had a son, and no queen consort was ever really safe without a boy.
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I do not believe the picture that some people paint of Scottish towns dependent on welfare. Every time I come here, I meet people who are determined to get into work. Who, with the right help are desperate to get off benefits, support their family and set an example for their children.
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I dated someone in the '90s who was really into Metallica, and I remember thinking at the time, 'That just sounds so heavy and hard.' But they have great ballads! Great ballads.
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You just can't beat the person who never gives up.
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Being a musician and artist can feel superficial at times - you talk about yourself every day and pose for photos for the magazines and newspapers, and it can be very tiring for your well-being.
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By the time I got into Juilliard, I was working at a Target distribution warehouse. It didn't make anything, it just shipped things, and my job was just to stand there and look at the security codes on the back of trucks and see if they would lock, and check them in.
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Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society.
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The official Hamas charter calls for the murder of Jews and destruction of the Jewish state.
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Improving the opportunities across the board is extremely important to sustain the legitimacy of wealth. If a whole horde of people, whole sections of society don't feel they have the opportunities, then the focus is going to be on those who have it and who have made it and say that is illegitimate.
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'I have not slept well since I first entered my brother’s dungeons. While my comfort has improved since then, worry has taken the place of hanging in chains as a denier of rest.''There are many kinds of imprisonment,' Jarnauga nodded.
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The human voice conspires to desecrate everything on Earth.
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I wanted to be famous; I wanted to perform. Those things I really, really wanted more than anything else.
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There's not one person that I say I want to look like.
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War for the sake of war is sin, but war for the sake of defense is duty.
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The senses are our bridge between the incomprehensible and the comprehensible.
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And it's strange They are basically the same So i don't ask names anymore
