Ben Kingsley Quotes
I just loved playing a man who was unafraid of making an idiot of himself in the process of falling in love. I found that admirable.

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Before I had my child, animals were my life. I slept with four dogs in my bed.
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Smaller wrestlers are built for more exciting matches.
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A man's motive in the small actions of daily life, like resting a moment on his pitchfork in the sun and listening intently, may be the most important thing about that man.
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The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.
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There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to perform.
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Humanity evolves when we realise that animals have the same rights to the Earth as we do.
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I can't tell you how many things I've worked on where I sat on it for a few years, and then somebody else did something very similar. Whether it's some weird vocal effect you hear on another record, or a drum beat, or even a song title, a subject matter, or a mixture of different kinds of music.
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I'm the kind of person who always wants more. I was successful materially, but I know life is much more than worldly success. I saw all these blessings God had given me. The way to give thanks is obedience to God.
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Meeting Oprah Winfrey, I cried like a baby. Meeting Steven Spielberg, I cried like a baby. Meeting Denzel Washington, I gushed like a crazy woman. If I don't get excited or star struck by someone I've been dying to meet, it's time to retire.
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I believe people should live full lives and not settle for anything less.
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I've always maintained - a captain is only as good as his team. It is not about my leadership, it is not about me.
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Novels tend to end as the Paternoster begins: with the kingdom of God on earth.
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Detroit is drunken idiots. It was no surprise to me. I performed with Kenny Rogers for one year as his opening act, and I got to visit every major American city and notice the audience, and Detroit was one of the worst.
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Some actors are supposed to be very difficult, but I've not found that to be the situation.
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Treat a child as though he already is the person he's capable of becoming.
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I am an artist, I trade in uncertainty and superstition and cant. I invent dark visions of impossible situations that can never be resolved.
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Monetarism is dead and the alien doctrines of Friedman and Hayek remain only to be buried.
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Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.
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We prefer ourselves to others, only because we a have more intimate consciousness and confirmed opinion of our own claims and merits than of any other person's.
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Learn how a 3D printer works. Get inspired. Make your own stuff. It is a wonderful time to be innovative. Connect things together. If you're into electronics, get an Arduino.
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No transaction happens unless it is voluntary. It only happens if both of you think you win.
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Don't wait for it to happen, don't even want it to happen - just watch what does happen.
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One thing is funny because my grandparents are going to come see the show and my mom was concerned that they wouldn't understand, because so much of it is Internet-based. Our generation specifically really relates to it, because we were the first people to discover the Internet and most of us can maybe navigate the Internet better than our parents can. All this information you could ever possibly know is right at our fingertips, not to mention the fact you can meet anyone!
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I just loved playing a man who was unafraid of making an idiot of himself in the process of falling in love. I found that admirable.