Ben Kingsley Quotes
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In America, as opposed to the old country, success was based on merit.
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Nothing scares me more than people with some doll collection.
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Alienation as our present destiny is achieved only by outrageous violence perpetrated by human beings on human beings.
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I'm probably a natural uncle. I can take the kids out and have fun with them and look after them, and I can be Mr. Popular. But actually having to do the grind? That stuff just doesn't appeal at all.
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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The poorer people and criminals of Mexico who are not very religious but not quite atheists, either, worship Saint Death.
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The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
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I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
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At times I wonder whether or not your role as a member of Parliament... may in fact inhibit a relationship developing.
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Voting for a candidate for the DC circuit is very different from confirming someone to the US Supreme Court. I have been very clear that the Senate should not confirm any nominee in a lame duck session.
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Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
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Even successful musicians have had periods where people say they suck and no one likes them, even after they've had periods of great success. So I think it's like you just gotta do you and try to stay motivated. Until, you know, you decide to stay home and make spaghetti all day.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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The local music community here was dying for a place to record, so we started doing acoustic, folk and bluegrass and then did rock projects for other bands, as well as for my son Tal and my own work.
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I write a book a year while creating TV and film projects. And being a writer isn't just writing: I have to chase down paychecks and manage foreign tax payments. I maintain a vibrant relationship with readers and bloggers. And when it comes to Hollywood, I typically have to have fifteen business meetings in the hopes that one leads to a project.
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As long as I know my head's in the right place, my feet are on the ground, I think I'll be fine.
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Every time you finish a book, you have a terrible feeling that there's just never going to be another one. But fortunately, so far, the next one has always shown up.
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I always wake up 10 minutes before I have to be anywhere.
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What the Bronx and Queens needs is Medicare for all, tuition-free public college, a federal jobs guarantee, and criminal-justice reform.
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It's very difficult in the technology space when you have been leapfrogged to prosper again.
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Just as music is noise that makes sense, a painting is colour that makes sense, so a story is life that makes sense.
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Not comfortable doing song and dance stuff as no normal person does in his/her real life.
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Putting something in a movie because it's in the news doesn't make it political to me. If you're not going outside the same old, same old, if you're not pushing the envelope, then you're not doing anything. A good movie is a political thing.
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If your best friend has stolen your girlfriend, it does become life and death.
