Benjamin Bratt Quotes
The first car I ever owned was an Italian sports car, a convertible, and I've kind of owned everything under the sun since then.
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I know that there are going to be people that don't like my music, but I think in the industry itself it is always that, 'Oh. you're from the 'X Factor.' There have been certain radio stations that will not play your song because you are from the 'X Factor,' yet they'll play another song from an artist from another TV show.
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My role is to embody the Black Opium woman - I suppose you have to be the living embodiment of all the intangible things the brand stands for.
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Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.
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I really like 'Roar' and 'Dark Horse.' 'Dark Horse' I really like, and I feel I would sing that in the bathroom; I would buy that album, and I think Katy Perry's amazing!
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I'm not a really religious person, but those moments onstage feel like some sort of religious experience because no one holds back, especially 'Stay With Me' when I finish the show. It kind of turns into an anthem when I perform it live, and it feels like there's a lot of love in the room.
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I will be developing artists for my new label. The rest is in God's Hands.
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Parodies of commercials are by no means new and have been popular going back to black-and-white TV shows of the '50s.
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I had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang - one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.
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There are some things that money can't buy: peace of mind, for starters, and lean muscle mass. Neither the Queen of England nor the founder of Microsoft can put in an order for either one.
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Nothing exists except through language.
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An unlimited America was the vision for the nation set forth by our Founding Fathers. It is the vision enshrined in those two great charters of freedom: our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution. Many of America's most intractable problems stem from the fact that we have strayed from that vision - and lost direction.
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Mostly, I don't write overtly personal stuff.
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That's my dream: one day, I want to standing on the stage on Broadway. I sing; my dancing is terrible, but I can be trained. That's my dream. That's something I really want to work on.
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Early impressions are like glimpses seen through the window by night when lightning is about.
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I went to a Catholic all-girls school, and we would play cassettes of music we liked, and when it was my turn, they would laugh at my choices. I would play Billie Holliday, Elmore James and Howlin' Wolf, but it was fine; if I had to listen to their choices, they had to listen to mine.
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There's a difference between being posh and being rich.
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Like all of my fictions, 'Sinner' is a mirror. Look into it and you will find yourself. What you do with what you see is your choice.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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They were targeting those people I referred to as 'little Eichmanns.' These were legitimate targets.
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It's a character-builder to be a fan of the Chicago Cubs.
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Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.
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That's kind of just the nature of our business, is that you're really putting a lot of energy and time and care into something that isn't necessarily going to last forever.
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I left Jamaica for a while, because as an artist I need to experience different things, see the world, have different energies. Living in one place is not good for me.
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The first car I ever owned was an Italian sports car, a convertible, and I've kind of owned everything under the sun since then.
