Benedict Cumberbatch Quotes
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There are lots of different reasons to choose roles.
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I don't know if foreigners will take to my novels or not. It may be that my books appeal only to a particular gender or age group rather than convey a more universal appeal.
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The cat, it is well to remember, remains the friend of man because it pleases him to do so and not because he must.
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There's a fast-track if you can do the networking. For some personalities it works, but for mine it doesn't.
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To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable.
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I love 'The Wire;' that's my favorite show, so I'll watch that.
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I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work.
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Israel reoccupied the cities of the West Bank by a unilateral action, and reestablished the civil and military occupation by a unilateral action, and it is the one that determines whether or not a Palestinian citizen has the right to reside in any part of the Palestinian Territory.
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Twenty years ago, I said there was going to be something that would stop the Soviet Union from taking over the world. And now we see that the Soviet Union has been stopped, through its own disintegration.
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I don't think the economy telegraphs very clearly where it's going.
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I am not trying to be a historian and a dramatist; I'm a dramatist, a dramatic historian, or one who does a dramatic interpretation of history.
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I can't say I follow it, but I've watched 'Downton Abbey' a couple of times and loved it.
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I admired the work ethic of the cowboys I read about. The idea of these young people taking on this much responsibility was impressive. I would like modern readers to have an appreciation of this.
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My prayer became 'May I find peace... May I love this life no matter what.' I was seeking an inner refuge, an experience of presence and wholeness that could carry me through whatever losses might come.
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Improvising things is always changing. A lot of momentum.
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I don't really talk about surgery, because I feel like no one should be judged on their journey.
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Being on the road is like a campout. I'm the only girl. The guys in my band are like my big brothers. It's definitely an adventure, but it can be a nomadic lifestyle.
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On oilrigs men who only work an 8-hour day are contemptuously called nine-to-fivers. In stark contrast, women are more likely not to take risks, even when the risks are minimal. What's the message to our sons? Our praise of our sons when they risk physical danger teaches them that a willingness to be physically abused creates love. Abuse-as-love? Yes.
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Most of the time I was in the Northeast, I lived in the country, and I think that helped me to discover my material for writing.
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THERE IS NOTHING quite like ignorance combined with a driving need to succeed to force rapid learning.
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I am a PR disaster because I talk too much.
