Ben Kingsley Quotes
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Being nervous isn't always the worst thing for me.
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With couture, you feel obligated to design something modern each season, but with Theyskens Theory, I don't question anything. I'm thinking of what I'd like to wear.
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With the dreary season in which we travelled part of the route; with our minds much more actively employed in forming resources for our preservation from famine.
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You gotta understand, you can't look at no pictures and look at the media and the critics and what they saying on no Internet.
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I'm a little angry in life.
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There is nothing you can do to assuage your conscience when you commit sins. Crime is a spiritual assault on the soul.
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Corruption is in society and in every strata of society.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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It's not like I've ever been the popular pretty girl at school or anything. I was always such a weirdo.
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Personality is everything that's false in a human: everything that's been added on to him and contrived.
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I've never been on a date.
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There's no smarter politician out there than Bill Clinton.
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Easy is to occupy a place in a telephone book. Difficult is to occupy someone's heart; know that you're really loved.
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A lot of people have asked me whether I am a cynic or take a cynical view of politics and are often surprised when I say that I consider myself an optimist, but an optimist dressed in the robes of a realist.
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In the present imperialistic milieu there can be no wars of national self-defense.
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I was asked if I would play President Obama in 'My Name is Khan.' I didn't feel comfortable with doing it. Partly because he was still in office, but mainly because I felt that there were other people who were better suited to doing the role.
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I was actually a Cowboys fan.
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I think a lot of theater actors that were great, like Walken or Glenn Close, later became film actors.
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In a field like acting, there is pressure of all kinds, and it becomes tricky to navigate this space. There isn't a particular path laid out to get what you want; you have to figure out ways to get there on your own. And yet, there is no guarantee of getting what you want. At times, you don't know whom to listen to or whose advice to follow.
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There are so many examples of talented actors working today, no matter how they live their private lives. I'm lucky that people believe me when I'm in character.
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I've always been DJing; it's just I'm making more of a push for it, making it more public.
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There's just a completely different vibe at festivals. Everyone gets to hang out and enjoy their favorite music all day. I really do try and play as many festivals as possible!
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I always try to find something I admire about every character I play.
