Benedict Samuel Quotes

Xavier has been the ultimate role model. No matter how far away we are geographically, working together is something we feed off of.

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• Everything I do, I go to black people. If I have a problem at the airport, I'll go to the black ticket agent. I hope they notice me because I'll get better service. If I'm at a restaurant, I look for the black waiter. Rent-a-Car, give you the upgrade.

  

  Gary Owen
  • People
  • Hope
  • Black

• I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.

  

  Mackenzie Astin
  • Hero
  • Force
  • Used

• My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • American
  • House
  • Looks

• What an extraordinary thing it can be, love, how it will not defined by gender, by sexuality, by race, by religion, by anything. It's something else. It's something other.

  

  Eddie Redmayne
  • Love
  • Religion
  • For Her

• There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.

  

  Ralph Fiennes
  • Very
  • Days
  • Humanitarian

• Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.

  

  Sally Pearson
  • People
  • Done
  • Parents

• If someone has failed, that is not a deficiency for me. I think that he has more motivation. I've seen many examples where someone was successful first and failed later and failed first and then succeeded. If they failed in an honest way, I don't see it as a deficiency.

  

  Yossi Vardi
  • Way
  • Successful
  • Honest

• It's always cool to go to different places and see what's really out there in the world.

  

  Patrick Kane
  • World
  • Different
  • Cool

• You do not need a therapist if you own a motorcycle, any kind of motorcycle!

  

  Dan Aykroyd
  • Kind
  • Need
  • Motorcycle

• Switzerland is a place where they don't like to fight, so they get people to do their fighting for them while they ski and eat chocolate.

  

  Larry David
  • People
  • Fighting
  • Fight

• You look at science fiction and look how often it talks about being alien, being alienated about the other. Look at the number of blue people - 'Avatar,' I'm looking at you. And it is now easier to find people of color in science-fiction literature and media, but the issues of representation are still really, really troubling.

  

  Nalo Hopkinson
  • People
  • Science
  • Color

• When you go back and really listen to the legendary rappers, this is timeless music. Guys like Biggie, guys like Pac, timeless music.

  

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
  • Music
  • You
  • Timeless

• I've covered the White House and been yelled at by presidents.

  

  Brown Campbell
  • House
  • White
  • White House

• There's a great freedom in writing by yourself. You can write anything you want.

  

  Walter Becker China Crisis
  • Great
  • Writing
  • Freedom

• The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.

  

  W. E. B. Du Bois
  • Problem
  • Color
  • Line

• I made a very conscious decision to quit acting. I was on a series, and we were in the process of renegotiating. They had an idea of what they thought I was worth, and I had an idea that was quite different.

  

  Taylor Sheridan
  • Different
  • Decision
  • Thought

• My reaction to everything in life is when it gets a bit complicated to water it down and make it simple again.

  

  Laura Marling
  • Life
  • Simple
  • Water

• In my previous career as a chief executive of high-tech companies, I experienced firsthand the endless possibilities when people from diverse backgrounds work together. They get to know one another and quickly learn that they share more in common than they originally thought.

  

  Naftali Bennett
  • People
  • Work
  • Together

• If you don't know how it works, find out. If you're not sure if it will work, try it. If it doesn't make sense, play with it until it does. If it's not broken, break it. If it might not be true, find out.

  

  Seth Godin
  • Trying
  • Play
  • Broken

• Advertising seemed almost natural to me because it was a business where you had to inform, persuade and educate. And so from being a junior copywriter to being the creative director of one of the largest advertising agencies in the country took me 4.5 years, which is, well, a fairly spectacular rise.

  

  Bryce Courtenay
  • Country
  • Business

• Find expression for a sorrow, and it will become dear to you. Find expression for a joy, and you will intensify its ecstasy.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Joy
  • Expression
  • Sorrow

• People fantasize about being a hero and helping someone in trouble. Batman is that fantasy realized - not just for Bruce Wayne, but for the audience.

  

  Kevin Conroy
  • People
  • Hero
  • Batman

• To relax, I love sitting back and turning my brain off and watching TV.

  

  Aja Naomi King
  • Brain
  • Relax

• Xavier has been the ultimate role model. No matter how far away we are geographically, working together is something we feed off of.

  

  Benedict Samuel
  • Together
  • Model