Benedict Cumberbatch Quotes
Being a posh actor in England you cannot escape the class-typing from whatever side you look at it.
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In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.
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The system of idolatry, invented by modern christianity, far surpasses in absurdity anything that we have ever heard of.
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Dick Clark will be truly missed. We will carry on his legacy every New Year's Eve.
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In stand-up it really helps to play yourself and talk about your own feelings. You cannot fail to be original if you're just talking about what you think about X, Y and Z. Unless you've got a twin brother who's also a stand-up.
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It's tragic that you can define a whole movement in music by gender alone. People are like, 'Oh, look, another quirky girl.'
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The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all the more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyone has a small part of himself in both.
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I love London; I could totally live here, actually. I'm in New York most of the time, and it really reminds me a lot of New York.
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New Jersey is a great place to live. And we have given some of the best talent to the world, from Jack Nicholson, John Travolta, to Jerry Lewis to Bon Jovi to Frank Sinatra.
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If one must fight or create, it is necessary that this be preceded by the broadest possible knowledge.
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We no longer live in an era in which foreign policymakers can claim to serve their nations' interests treating what happens to people in other countries as an afterthought... What happens to people in other countries matters. It matters to the welfare of our own nations and our own citizens.
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No, I had the Levis guy on my wall, not a picture of William, sorry.
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You go into each game looking to win. We're not looking at wins or losses because it proves something as a team. We go into every game trying to get better. As long as you compete, we're gonna play our hearts out; we're improving every day.
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Plus, we spend most of our time writing music. Most of the time is spent in the studio in my house.
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My mother saw a movie when she was 14 years old. I forget the name of the movie, but one of the lead characters was named Lark. She decided then she would name me and she stuck to it, and here I am.
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But in this case, he had my cell phone and my phone was ringing and I had just come back from Australia on the plane and I thought it was my mum and it was Woody Allen just checking to see if I wanted to be in his movie.
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From what I know about alcoholism, I'd say there's nothing romantic, nothing grand, nothing heroic, nothing brave - nothing like that about drinking. It's a real coward's death.
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The more scholastically educated a man is generally, the more he is an emotional boor.
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But when Aurora, daughter of the dawn,With rosy lustre purpled o'er the lawn.
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The fundamental aspect of video is not the image, even though you can stand in amazement at what can be done electronically, how images can be manipulated and the really extraordinary creative possibilities. For me the essential basis of video is the movement - something that exists at the moment and changes in the next moment.
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Believe in miracles but don't depend on them. When you hear kind word spoken about a friend, tell him so. Spoil your spouse, not your children. Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language. To help your children turn out well, spend twice as much time with them and half as much money.
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One of the most difficult things for people who have been successful in sports is adapting to the daily world where you can't get an answer from someone until 5 o'clock tomorrow. There is always an excuse. Living 40 or 50 years like that doesn't get too exciting after a while.
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Just start small with what you have and you can grow the business.
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When there is tension, arguments and money problems, it's tough to do your work. Some people thrive on that. I don't.
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Being a posh actor in England you cannot escape the class-typing from whatever side you look at it.
