Ben Whishaw Quotes
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Developing new products is labour- intensive. So is producing the capital goods needed to make them. These jobs disappear when innovation stalls.
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One of the questions writers bump up against in their work, whether they know it or not, is about lying. Because fiction is a form of deceit, and one's abilities are measured by how convincingly one can persuade readers that these events really happened.
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The only time I can't sleep is on a plane, when I am literally keeping it in the air with my brain.
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I think the success of democracy is not really police security; it's the presence of a broad middle class. The stronger the middle class of a people is, the less you have to worry about one group coming in and exploiting the democratic process for its own ends.
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A lizard is a perfect pet for a model. They only need feeding once a fortnight. And I'm always travelling, so it's perfect. If I had a dog, it would drop dead of starvation.
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Hawaii has always been a very pivotal role in the Pacific. It is in the Pacific. It is a part of the United States that is an island that is right here.
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I have 'To Kill A Mockingbird' signed by Harper Lee. That is my prized possession.
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I pray for discretion every single night, that I can see through people, see what their greater good is. Sometimes that individual 'wows' you by the eye, but when it come to heart to heart, that person's not there for you. That's not just females. That may be friends, people who come into your life just to use you for who you are.
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I've played a lot of mothers in my movies.
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I've had all that you could ask for. The fat lady has sung, and there's a standing ovation.
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Well the way we perceive accuracy and what accuracy is statistically are really two different things.
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At times as a performer they segregated us in some of theatres.
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I think the most challenging part of being a performer is just making sure that people know that when you get up there every night, it's unique and that you care.
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Social media is an amazing tool, but it's really the face-to-face interaction that makes a long-term impact.
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It's been a journey, the NBA. It's taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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I would never call myself a cancer survivor because I think it devalues those who do not survive. There's this whole mythology that people bravely battle their cancer and then they become survivors. Well, the ones who don't survive may be just as brave, you know, just as courageous, wonderful people.
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There's just no quiet in Vegas.
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I think I've been a very good student of all aspects of being in Congress. I think I'm always working hard to get an 'A.'
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Whoever portrays me on screen need not necessarily be a look alike. Any hero could play my part.
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I really feel like a regular dude who happens to be incredibly lucky.
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The listening community has the obligation of distinguishing informed opinion from tweets.
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from The One and Only Official Mr. Gum Official Glossary That Tells You What Words Mean by Explaining Them Using Other Words: Launderette: This is where you go to wash your clothes. You put the money into the slot and then you chuck your clothes into the washing machine and about six hours and twenty-five dollars later all your clothes have shrunk and turned pink. Fantastic value
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Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?
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I think being very thin has had a lot to do with how I've been cast.
