Ben Hopkins Quotes
For me, choosing to perform in drag, because of all the things I enjoy about it, is a political act.
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A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.
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When I was between 2 and 3 years old, I got to know my first non-human being. The non-human was a cocker spaniel named Baba. We weren't friends, Baba and I, nor enemies. He wasn't my dog. He belonged to the people my mother worked for, and he lived in the house with them and us.
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Nuclear power is not a miracle key for the future.
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If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money.
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I praise the Lord, the Sovereign of the royal realm, Who has extended his sway over the tract of the world.
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I learned that five- and-six-year-old kids have already figured out how to be intolerant.
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Someone has to stand up for wimps.
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I'm a bit of a perfectionist. I'll watch myself back on 'Xtra Factor' and want to do it again because of a few hiccups.
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I think music sharing of any kind is great.
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The 'Hercules' role just kind of came to me, but I had a lot of fun trying something new.
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I can make my own decisions, I can do the music I like. If I fail, it's me failing - you know.
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I always felt like Tahliah's a very grown-up name to have. It's a pretty name when you're young, and then I think when I became a young lady, it felt kind of like a lot to grow into for some reason. I don't know. It sounds kind of regal. I never really liked it. I always felt like I couldn't live up to it.
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A discontented young fellow, filled with self pride; he certainly should have considered it an honor to be sent on so respectable an embassy as he was.
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You work for whatever you get in life.
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I like doing very high action things. Running, boxing, a lot of free weights. They're not heavy. I eat what I want, really, because I think that while you're working out you can eat better.
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The imperfections in my family made me learn to deal with things on my own and solve problems for myself.
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Sometimes one succeeds, sometimes one fails.
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I love the sense of how time passes when I'm acting. When you're not aware of the clock ticking, that is always a good sign you're enjoying something.
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I've discovered that Motown and Broadway have a lot in common - a family of wonderfully talented, passionate, hardworking young people, fiercely competitive but also full of love and appreciation for the work, for each other and for the people in the audience.
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Oh! a private buffoon is a light-hearted loon,
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There is to my mind no doubt that the concept of beautiful had its roots in sexual excitation and that its original meaning was sexually stimulating.
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I always had this childhood image in the back of my mind of this fantastic place where all the things I liked came from; Orson Welles, jazz, all that stuff. Los Angeles is one of those places where somebodies become nobodies and nobodies become somebody.
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The people that I grew up with had no problem with my faith. They did, however, seem very concerned that I would starve to death during Ramadan. I would explain to them that I have enough fat to live off of for three whole months, so fasting from sunrise to sunset is a piece of cake.
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For me, choosing to perform in drag, because of all the things I enjoy about it, is a political act.
