Benedict Samuel Quotes
I know the Mad Hatter has a long history in the 'Batman' canon. He's quite a historically rich character, and he's come in a lot of shapes and forms and interpretations.
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Yes, because when you're in love, you are shy.
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Architecture is my work, and I've spent my whole life at a drawing board, but life is more important than architecture. What matters is to improve human beings.
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Now I'm back home, living in London, running my theater. I just want to enjoy all that.
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Being nervous isn't always the worst thing for me.
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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
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I think as long as I have a creative outlet, I'm happy.
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In talking to you I feel very much more at ease than my colleagues who gave the speeches during the banquet.
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My English teachers gave me a copy of Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale' when I left high school, which has always been very special to me - it was the novel that introduced me to dystopian fiction. I'm also influenced by Edgar Allan Poe, Dickens, John Wyndham and Middle English dream-visions.
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I never ever paid attention to any election.
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
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I love going to the cinema. Whenever I get time off, that's where I go.
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I had to make peace with my past because I can't change it.
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My whole back's tattooed. I just wanted a twist. I was always in punk bands when I was little... I think that's where the tie comes from.
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Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.
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I look for someone whose upbringing was somewhat similar to mine because they can understand me - love for the family and everything else. You see someone's relationship with their parents, and you realize what that person's going to be like as a parent.
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People did not even then like to eat dirt, if they could see it.
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The past is the beginning of the beginning and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn.
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The progression of emancipation of any class usually, if not always, takes place through the efforts of individuals of that class.
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Our problems stem from our childhood. Ray was, for so long, the only boy. Then I arrive and take all his limelight away from him. That must have quite a profound effect. I sometimes think that Ray was only happy for three-and-a-half years in his life. And those were the three-and-a-half years before I was born.
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I acquired quite a lot of technical skill and got quite a long way with my painting, but I never felt I was doing what New Zealand was about with my paint.
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Plato is never sullen, Cervantes is never petulant, Demosthenes never comes unseasonably, Dante never stays too long.
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I decided if it was going to be a mistake to come to New York and try and make a career in fashion, then it was going to be my mistake... But the American dream is real. I'm living it.
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When we love, we are the universe and the universe lives in us.
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I know the Mad Hatter has a long history in the 'Batman' canon. He's quite a historically rich character, and he's come in a lot of shapes and forms and interpretations.
