Benedict Samuel Quotes
What motivates me is not staying still. I want to be busy, and I think too many good actors are left by the wayside through no fault of their own, but because there aren't necessarily enough opportunities out there.
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Everything is global now. It's not London, it's not Spain, it's not Italy - everything is everywhere. So you have to be everywhere, I guess.
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What I like about Oxford is how small it is; it's really more of a big town than a city.
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Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
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The formula for achieving middle-class success is simple: Finish high school; don't have a child before the age of 20; and get married before having the child.
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Isolation is a self-defeating dream.
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We, after a certain age, after college, are so consumed about what we want to achieve in life, and we fiercely are ambitious and we go after that, but sometimes we tend to take all our loved and dear ones for granted.
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There's a lot of stress... but once you get in the car, all that goes out the window.
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In the late '90s, I spent a lot of time on reservations, and there was a level of poverty and injustice that I had not witnessed before. I was shocked by it. This is federally controlled land, and there was an insidious mix of apathy and exploitation.
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I like a guy who uses his hips when he's dancing.
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We are God's creation, and we have a responsibility to keep ourselves at our best.
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My children didn't when they were little because I thought that they had to be of a certain age. I hoped they liked me well enough not to want to see me in that sort of a spot.
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When I had my first child, I started to try and make fresh food for him daily, and I became frustrated with the amount of work - and time - involved in making baby food at home.
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A lot of producers now are people who stay in their office and never go to the set. I don't know how you can be the advocate of the movie if you're not there in it every day.
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I love the game of hockey. I love being part of it. I think I know a lot about the game.
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I want to serve the people.
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No matter where I am in the world, I will always be back home for Christmas.
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For women who turn to welfare, Big Brother becomes Husband.
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I spent most of the '60s, when I was starting to try to write novels, living and working in Greece and Turkey. These are countries where the ancient past is interfused with the daily present, and I remember being struck with wonder at the constant sense of continuity and connection, the reminders that lie in wait for you at every turn.
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There be those who say that things and places have souls, and there be those who say they have not; I dare not say, myself, but I will tell of The Street.
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Richard Armitage is very good at the old horse riding because of course he did it in 'Robin Hood,' so he's very good at that.
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People recognize me. Most people are really nice. Sometimes people say, 'Hi, Chelsea.'
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Sometimes people think Y Combinator has big ideas about themes. But really, we just fund the best startups.
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Five days in Nairobi slums changes you.
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What motivates me is not staying still. I want to be busy, and I think too many good actors are left by the wayside through no fault of their own, but because there aren't necessarily enough opportunities out there.
