Ben Mendelsohn Quotes
'Star Wars' is populated by so many great types; who wouldn't want to be a Han Solo kind of dude?
Quotes to Explore
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The fondest dream of the information age is to create an archive of all knowledge. You might call it the Alexandrian fantasy, after the great library founded by Ptolemy I in 286 BC.
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From when I was young, I wanted to be an action hero. I always dreamed about being an action star. So finally, I made it.
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I think I'd make a pretty good president, and they have a great pension plan.
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We often feel a twinge of guilt over our own fascination with presidential candidates' wives - as if we are secretly reading the 'Star' for our campaign information instead of the policy journals.
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On a personal level, there are many people who have meant a great deal to me. My father and mother were certainly of vital importance, not only in themselves but because they created a world for me to revolt against.
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Those who have accomplished great things in the world have been, as a rule, bold, aggressive, and self-confident. They dared to step out from the crowd and act in an original way. They were not afraid to be generals.
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I love watching great TV, whether it's to educate myself more on my craft or to just simply be entertained.
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During the course of my football and business careers, I have had the great honor of meeting and associating with many outstanding leaders.
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The incentive for digging up gossip has become so great that people will break the law for the opportunity to take that picture. Then it crosses the line into invasion of privacy. The thing that's really bad about it, though, is that the tabloids don't tell the truth.
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You still stand watch, O human star, burning without a flicker, perfect flame, bright and resourceful spirit. Each of your rays a great idea - O torch which passes from hand to hand, from age to age, world without end.
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The first album I ever owned was 'A Star is Born.'
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Fage does not make great yogurt.
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There's so many great songs already written, it's kind of really wonderful you don't have to write your own.
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I think we raised about 20,000 pounds. There was a live performance thing so we thought we'd donate the equipment for an online charity in Britain. I hated to part with my guitar, but it was for such a great cause.
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Some kids spent their allowance going to see 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'; I spent mine on a great-looking lamp I'd found at the flea market and a ceramic bowl from a neighborhood garage sale.
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My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only a bit and a bridle.
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The two great aims of industrialism - replacement of people by technology and concentration of wealth into the hands of a small plutocracy - seem close to fulfillment.
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Ninety per cent of how you learn is watching great people. When you are surrounded by good actors it lifts your performance.
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Playing with the Who is the biggest rush there is. At eleven years old I used to go to bed dreaming about what I'm doing now. I don't know how many people can say that.
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A lot of the messed-up stuff that men inflict on women is kind of a symptom of the messed-up stuff that they should be dealing with themselves.
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I'd shrink government in a minute, if I could shrink GM, Bank of America, and all these immoral corporations that operate by an undemocratic code, with no soul and no conscience.
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A lot of the time nothing happens in a day.
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When people don't want to come, nothing will stop them.
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'Star Wars' is populated by so many great types; who wouldn't want to be a Han Solo kind of dude?
