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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America's fine, nice, nice hiking near L.A. But I am European. I love London and Paris. Friends and intellect, big thought, why not?
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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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When you're with your club team, every week you have a performance to judge. But when you're with the national team, it's a little different because you might not play for three or four months at a time. Things change constantly.
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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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I'm not denying that it's exciting to have a play on Broadway.
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It was my father who - after, at age 15, I had attempted unsuccessfully to drive the family car using a 'borrowed' key and knocked down a wall of the garage - convinced me over the telephone not to run away from home and who then came home from work not to punish me but rather to console and comfort me.
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The more gays and lesbians come out - the more people realize that they have a friend who's gay, which they may not have known before, and they realize this person has the same aspirations and desires and need to be committed and to be part of a community - then they become more accepting.
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Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.
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I think sexiness in most people - and this is going to sound superficial - is definitely something you don't plan.
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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.
