Benedict Wong Quotes
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I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey.
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If you would make the most of yourself, never picture yourself as anything different from what you would actually be, the man or woman you long to become.
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I'm not trying to prove anything for the right or the left. Which gives me freedom to make jokes about either side, too.
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Questions that require answers are what keep readers going - and the place to start raising those questions is with your very first sentence.
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Homosexuals are riding high in the media.
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Too often, we think that, when we have a problem with our lives or our country, that the way to fix it is to take an eye for an eye. That doesn't help anything or anyone.
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If you grew up in my generation, you're going to be influenced by Run DMC, the Beastie Boys and also listen to Metallica - it wasn't segregated anymore.
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In our society, everyone wants to be a celebrity overnight.
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I never had to learn English, French and German because I was brought up as all three languages. I had a private French teacher before I even went to school. That helped a lot.
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I have turned down so many endorsements. My phone never stops ringing.
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I don't stop at my past; I like new work. I like what I'm doing tomorrow.
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At one point, I had 14 pairs of golf shoes.
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Rather than fretting about IQ scores, voters should try to determine what candidates read - other than the Bible, which they all say they read - and the kind of people with whom they spend their time.
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In 1975 I decided that there was no future in flying (airline jobs were impossible to get, and who wants a job where you are judged only by seniority?) and headed off to grad school.
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Energy has become a national security issue and as technology continues to improve, there will be more debates like the one on Keystone.
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I talk about Beyonce too much. I am a diehard.
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When the tech geeks talk, I pay close attention.
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You can talk good ideas out of existence.
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We embrace the shoestring budget. We like being limited by the constraints. It inspires creativity. I don't know what we would spend money on. We don't hire actors. We see budget constraints as a personal challenge. We're like survivalist local commercial directors.
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I would say to the leaders of the Soviet Union, and to their people, that if either of our countries is to be fully secure, we need a much better weapon than the H-bomb - a weapon better than ballistic missiles or nuclear submarines - and that better weapon is peaceful cooperation.
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Rogue regimes never respond to anything less than hardball.
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I am a defender of the Tea Party.
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As far as being in dangerous situations around the world is concerned, I always have a Secret Service detail with me as one of the privileges of a former President.
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People call me Benny. And as long as they put Benedict on my paycheck, I don't care.
