Ben Kingsley Quotes
The many many imponderables come together when a film opens and for all sorts of reasons it may or may not succeed.
Quotes to Explore
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Some foreigners with full bellies and nothing better to do engage in finger-pointing at us. First, China does not export revolution; second, it does not export famine and poverty; and third, it does not mess around with you. So what else is there to say?
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I love Dolce & Gabbana. I love Versace. I love the crazy, more eccentric stuff.
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There is definitely a way in which women are raised to be less proactive, less business-oriented, and less willing to jump into creative no man's land. I think media has more of an influence on how we perceive gender identity than anything else.
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A leader is admired, a boss is feared.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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Once the kids are in school, it's amazing what you can do.
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I only got interested in radio once I talked my way into an internship at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 1978, never having heard the network on the air.
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My first name, with the rare two-r spelling, came from a sportswriter named Garry Schumacher. My parents didn't know him personally, but my mother liked the spelling.
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Are we like late Rome, infatuated with past glories, ruled by a complacent, greedy elite, and hopelessly powerless to respond to changing conditions?
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A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.
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I've been lucky to ride 10 different horses at the Olympics. I'd like to think that of all of them, Big Ben - who was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame - would still be competitive in the contemporary sport.
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Being an only child and losing both my parents at an early age, I have found that the friends I have made over the years are the people who help me get through life, good times and bad.
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We need to learn to accept and certainly mourn any harm that comes to any human being on this earth. But we also need to not be vengeful.
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I work with some of the funniest writers in the country.
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I think '80s pop music subconsciously informs what I'm doing.
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When I write a song, it comes from the heart and is based on a specific experience. You can't really say that one experience is greater than another, because all of your experiences take you through life on this journey.
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I just hate one-dimensional portrayals of religion; it's too cheap and easy to do, and ignores the nuances that go into having a belief system.
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I am more vintage than I am high fashion.
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For every SF reader of that period, Robert A. Heinlein was also a touchstone.
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I've got more ideas for books than I'll ever be able to use in my lifetime. I'm very fortunate like that.
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If you lose today, win tomorrow. In this never-ending spirit of challenge is found the heart of a victor.
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The essence of life is in remembering God.
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I'm trying to write songs to appeal to everybody.
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The many many imponderables come together when a film opens and for all sorts of reasons it may or may not succeed.
