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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I say I haven't lost my religion. I've lost my ideology.
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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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I don't have parts of my body that I hate or would like to trade for somebody else's or wish I could surgically adjust into some fantasy version of what they are.
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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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Church gives people a sense of community, a sense of how to behave... social support when times get tough. In a world where white working class folks are going to church less and less, they're losing that when they might really need it.
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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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It is not the role of Congress to decide legal cases between private parties. That is why we have courts.
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I'm not an anti-Semite. I’m anti-Termite.
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As prime minister, I changed Israel's position on peace negotiations. I made it clear that we are ready to go along with Resolution 242 of the U.N. Security Council, which specifies withdrawal to secure and recognized boundaries in the context of peace.
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Viewers can't expect TV to keep developing unless they make their wants known. And let's face it. The best way to make your wants known in this world is by 'beefing'.
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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.
