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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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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I think my whole generation's mission is to kill the cliche.
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Even back then, I exuded self-confidence, and that drives women crazy.
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My very first audition was on the lot of Paramount, and I was put on tape and it was very nerve-racking. I think it was about 15 pages.
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I come from a middle class family, and my parents weren't too supportive of my career choices.
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Love... it surrounds every being and extends slowly to embrace all that shall be.
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I've tended to lean more toward the Dalai Lama and people like Russell Means who have been my political and spiritual North Stars, but I certainly regard Nelson Mandela with great respect and humility.
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As a former teacher and someone who has devoted her entire career to children and public schools, I understand the pain and frustration of parents who feel their children are not receiving the education they deserve.
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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.
