Ben Platt Quotes
There was never anything else I wanted to pursue. It was always theater, and movies are a fairly new thing.
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I don't believe in one ideal beauty.
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This is the conundrum of the present regimes in the Arab world. They still want to control youth; they want to be in control as they did in the 1950s and '60s. But that doesn't work anymore. Now with just a Wi-Fi link, you can understand what's happening in the world.
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Usually when you're working is when people want you to work. They don't want you as much when you're not working. That's the frustrating nature of our business.
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It's really a sad story, and I liked that. The songs on this album talk about relationships in every aspect.
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By staying focused on what I intend to create, by believing that the universe is all-providing, and by knowing that I'm worthy of the unlimited beneficence of the Source of being, I just keep attracting prosperity to me.
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Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.
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My research for 'Adam' affected me profoundly, particularly the research into evil's underbelly. We tend not to think about evil until it pokes its head out of the air about us and then it tends to scare us silly. As well it should.
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People look at me, and they go, 'You're white, you're smart, you must have went to college. You must have grown up with money.'
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I done made music with Makonnen, Frank Ocean. We all make great music.
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We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread.
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We try not to pull any punches and be straightforward, and I think that's what helped us connect with everybody across the board.
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California is a very important state. As goes California, so goes the nation. We need to have strong leadership. Someone who can hit the ground running.
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In the history of photography, we have many masterpieces in terms of black and white books. You have Bresson's 'Decisive Moment,' Frank's 'The Americans'... many masterpieces. But there is nothing to this caliber in color. Well, I think I'll waltz with my muse and hope that I might be able to produce something on this order in color.
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Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is an art. And to have that art is rare.
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So if you want to have a great video game-based movie you have to keep the mood of the game, use the normal character setup - but you have to flesh out the story and provide more background for the characters.
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Once you've wrestled, everything else in life is easy.
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We collaborate with other countries on issues like public health and climate change because we understand these issues affect our collective welfare.
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There can be a fundamental gulf of gracelessness in a human heart which neither our love nor our courage can bridge.
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But I, you know, if I could choose a period to go back to, I think I would like to live through the Blitz. 'Cause you do read so many accounts of people saying they're living their lives at such an intense pitch that it was a completely different way of living.
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I knew I was a good stage actor but I had no idea about movies. And I wasn't a Paul Newman type of guy. That's why I thought the stage is just right for me.
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There are elements to my faith which are echoed very closely in the scripts that come through. I read certain moments, and I'm able to say, 'Yes, I recognize that. I champion that. I ally myself to that idea.' Then there are times where I don't. My feeling is, at this stage in my life, that it will be an ongoing struggle.
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The greatest threat to extremism isn't drones firing missiles, but girls reading books.
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There was never anything else I wanted to pursue. It was always theater, and movies are a fairly new thing.
