Ben Kingsley Quotes
I'm convinced that had I not changed my name, I don't think I would have had quite the same career curve that I eventually had.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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I fought the best; I've never been afraid of anyone.
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It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in England. They headed a company of travelling players performing Shakespeare up and down the land.
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I love to cook a meal for the so-called holidays. You always need the turkey. I like making a good BBQ brisket as well.
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A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.
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To light a candle is to cast a shadow.
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Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.
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When I introduce you to somebody, his name is Big Pun. When I introduce you to somebody, his name is DJ Khaled. When I introduce you to an artist, her name is Remy Ma. If I introduce you to somebody, it's Cool and Dre or Scott Storch - people who change the face of the game.
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I love sailing but hate cruise ships.
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If my daughter has a bad dream and wants to get into my bed, I'm a sucker for her sweet face and warm body next to mine, so I let her jump in. I should tell her to go to bed, but secretly I love it.
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I'm a food addict, that's my downfall.
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But one of the things I learned is that when you fight for something you believe in and you tell the truth and you do your best, you can always hold your head up high and no one can take that away from you.
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All the big online retailers are looking at how to enter the Russian market.
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If rock-and-roll is well done, there's nothing so terribly wrong with that kind of music. But the lyrics are another story.
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A laugh is a terrible weapon.
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Having the chance to walk at New York Fashion Week for Yeezy and Milan Fashion Week for Alberta Ferretti and Max Mara in a hijab is so significant. It sends a message to young women everywhere that you can be beautiful for just being you.
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What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives.
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I lived in New York City for a while and miss it like it's a person. Although I grew up in the Pacific Northwest, I'm a New Yorker at heart. A stroll through Central Park, a visit to the MET, a show on Broadway. There is no other city like it in the world!
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Let's put it this way: The older you get, the easier it is to date younger men. There are more of them.
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It's important to credit the brave people that take chances to stand up to regimes. They're the star.
Biz Stone -
A whole new career opened up for me when I was in 'Lord Of The Rings' and 'Star Wars.'
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It isn't hard to find injustice around us, but we must not let injustice smear the good deeds that do occur everyday.
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At the end of 2000, most investors were optimistic that a return to quick gains could not be far off.
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I'm convinced that had I not changed my name, I don't think I would have had quite the same career curve that I eventually had.
