Benjamin Clementine Quotes
Most people think a song is a song - three minutes, and you're done. I don't think this way. Songs are my wings. They're what I use to fly. It's very important for me to put everything in the right place.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't think that any political party should claim Jesus as being a part of a political party.
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I've moved on to Plan B now, writing novels.
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It's always fun to immerse yourself in a different time period.
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I like to look at 'A Place in the Sun' every now and get inspired by it.
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Oh, I am an angel, though sometimes I wish I was more of a devil.
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Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.
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You can't make a living as a playwright. You can barely scrape by.
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Never eat spinach just before going on the air.
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A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.
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Between Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky.
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A man's kiss is his signature.
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Played tennis for years. But you can't improve at tennis after you're 50. You get to be in your 40s, and suddenly you're a doubles player.
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In Zurich, in a cafe overlooking the Limmat, I ate butter-drenched white asparagus pulled from the ground that morning; it had the aftertaste of champagne. I've been able to appreciate epic meals in San Francisco, New Orleans, Berlin, Paris, Las Vegas.
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The idea of doing a production of 'Carousel' that doesn't feel like it's stuck in the 1950s really intrigues me.
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The plastic bottle we're throwing away every day still stays there. And if we show that to people, then we can also promote some behavioral change.
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I will do as I usually do. Tomorrow is going to be a day like any other day.
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How the snow falls in the north! Flake on flake falling incessantly, until the small dingles are almost on a level with the uplands. It throws itself on the leaves of autumn, and holds them down in security from the strongest winds.
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Defeating racism, tribalism, intolerance and all forms of discrimination will liberate us all, victim and perpetrator alike.
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Here's what happens in a play. You get involved in a situation where something is unbalanced. If nothing's unbalanced, there's no reason to have a play. If Hamlet comes home from school, and his dad's not dead and asks him if he's had a good time, it's boring. But if something's unbalanced, it must be returned to order.
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The spirit of graft and of lawlessness is the American spirit.
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I'm intrigued by the way in which physical appearance can often direct a person's life; things happen differently for a beautiful woman than for a plain one.
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When I want to relax, I plop down on my couch and watch some great movie, usually a British drama - anything with Colin Firth.
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Fame and money and all that - you hear people say it a lot, but they don't mean a thing to me.
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Most people think a song is a song - three minutes, and you're done. I don't think this way. Songs are my wings. They're what I use to fly. It's very important for me to put everything in the right place.
