Ben Whishaw Quotes
Even today, England is a very repressed, repressive country, and there's pressure to be kind of a certain way, so people do things that ultimately make them sad.
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Irrespective of any political party, I am a supporter of good people who want to do something for the society.
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I don't think nostalgia has to be negative.
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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'Lovejoy' has a special place in my heart because it was through my efforts that the series first came to the screen.
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I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that this is a shining city on the hill.
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I'd love to play Moon Knight. I don't know if anybody's doing a Moon Knight animated series any time soon.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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It's nature-nurture, right? I've been nurtured by Californians.
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Only together do Europe and the U.S. stand a chance of keeping liberal democracy as the central doctrine for organizing world affairs.
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The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.
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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.
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We have to change the kind of free trade deals we sign. We would have to change the absolutely central role of frenetic consumption in our culture. We would have to change the role of money in politics and our political system.
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I feel privileged that I've been able to get anywhere, with my quote-unquote limited mainstream appeal, given my race and subject matter. Of course, I always have my masters to fall back on.
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In England we have come to rely upon a comfortable time-lag of fifty years or a century intervening between the perception that something ought to be done and a serious attempt to do it.
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I was raised in an observant Jewish household, so for me, Hebrew prayers - the sounds, the sunlight streaming in from the stained-glass windows of a synagogue - bring my father back to me as surely as if he were sitting next to me, my head pressed against his shoulder.
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It's the irrational things that interest me.
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You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.
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The difference between mad people and sane people... is that sane people have variety when they talk-story. Mad people have only one story that they talk over and over.
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I love when people get songs wrong. I love when people take something from a song that's totally not what I intended!
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I am not one of those who wants Obama to fail. If he does well, that means the country's doing well.
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My country is taking over in tennis
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To get people to eat well don’t say a word about health, just cook fantastic food for them.
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Even today, England is a very repressed, repressive country, and there's pressure to be kind of a certain way, so people do things that ultimately make them sad.
