Ben Mendelsohn Quotes
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When I write, I create really absurd situations which become false because I am after the joke.
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More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.
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No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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Any organization or any individual that targets civilians and kills them for political agenda is a terrorist organization.
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We've made some good beginnings with the New START Treaty, but a lot more can be done.
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Lipgloss is my calling!
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2005 opens with the promise of a number of substantial direct private investments that can swiftly transform the economy and set all sectors on a pronounced upward curve.
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I always put my fantasies in the realm of goals.
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All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.
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The safest and most suitable form of penance seems to be that which causes pain in the flesh but does not penetrate to the bones, that is, which causes suffering but not sickness.
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Overhead will eat you alive if not constantly viewed as a parasite to be exterminated. Never mind the bleating of those you employ. Hold out until mutiny is imminent before employing even a single additional member of staff. More startups are wrecked by overstaffing than by any other cause, bar failure to monitor cash flow.
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The whole point of the kingdom of God is Jesus has come to bear witness to the true truth, which is nonviolent. When God wants to take charge of the world, he doesn't send in the tanks. He sends in the poor and the meek.
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If you're taking an antidepressant, it's working, and you're not experiencing side effects, go on taking it. But if it's not working, or not working well enough, or if you have side effects you don't like, talk to your doctor about an alternative approach.
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When you look at the lyrics of 'Sometimes When We Touch,' it's really very much an adolescent song.
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The way to resumption is to resume.
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Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death.
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We must restrict the anonymity behind which people hide to commit crimes. As citizens, we have a right to privacy. We have no such right to anonymity.
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Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.
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Writing for me can be homework. I do get a lot from it in the end. But I hate doing it.
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I've found that most people who studied when they were little, even if they never took another tap class, it's percussive, so it stays in your body, the muscle memory of it.
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GE sells more than 96 percent of its products to the private sector, where America's future must be built. But government can help business invest in our shared future.
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We're understandably worried that staring at screens all day, and blogging about our breakfasts, is turning America into a nation of narcissists. But the opposite might be true.
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As an outsider in America, you do see the kind of hypocrisy that's rampant there.
