Ben Mendelsohn Quotes
I basically sat around unemployed in Sydney for three years straight, and the two things that saved me were the rugby league and my dog.
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I have worked with some great directors.
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Women dress very much according to their moods, so when you see their shoes, it really shows you the character and what they want to show to the world, and what they are feeling at that time.
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I was the 'no one understands me' teenager. But I think truly I've realized now that I didn't understand a thing myself. So I just had some livin' to do.
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You can't be around Oprah and not have her influence you, and I don't mean that because she's doling out the free advice. I mean it because she is someone that leads with truth and follows her heart. She's a force.
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I've been a war reporter and a human rights defender. A professor and a columnist. A diplomat and - by far most thrillingly - a mother. And what I've learned from all these experiences is that any change worth making is going to be hard. Period.
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There's no more important bonding thing than a mother doing the daughter's hair. We sit at our mother's knee and learn who we are.
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We are all born mad. Some remain so.
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Medical debts are the number-one cause of bankruptcy in America.
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My grandmother is this amazingly theatrical woman. She acted like a movie star, as far as looks and attitude, kind of like Susan Hayward.
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Yidaki didgeridoo has been used in every part of Australian regional culture, all around the country. It's become a message stick for the survival of those people, for aboriginal people and aboriginal culture.
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Despite the demands of this job, one of the things my wife and I try to do is to spend time together alone. And one of the things we really enjoy doing together is seeing a good movie.
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I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream about it at night. The only time I don't think about it is when I'm playing it.
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The thought of somebody pulling and cutting around my face gives me stomach ache. Plastic surgery would be so painful. What if it doesn't look good? What if they made a mistake? I couldn't do it.
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I loved Riot Grrl. Not only was it a punk rock revolution, but it meant you could get dressed for a night out for less than two pounds!
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I thought I was going nowhere. Now I can see there was a pattern.
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I cannot live anywhere else except India.
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I don't know why, but I'm an easy target. And I don't do anything to dispel it.
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The first two projects I did out of my dorm room were mock film soundtracks.
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Sadly, I never really tell people what I think. So it's a real treat to play a woman who's able to speak her mind unabashedly.
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Nicaragua is fast becoming a terrorist country club.
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A dog cannot relate his autobiography; however eloquently he may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were honest but poor.
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I say 20 words in English. I say money, money, money, and I say hot dog! I say yes, no and I say money, money, money and I say turkey sandwich and I say grape juice.
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Unmissed but by his dogs and by his groom.
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I basically sat around unemployed in Sydney for three years straight, and the two things that saved me were the rugby league and my dog.
