Benjamin Clementine Quotes
I'm literally nowhere yet... When things started going well, this French designer called Ami gave me some shoes and clothes to wear. But when I sat down to play the piano, the very new shoes kept slipping off the pedal. So I took them off, threw them away, and have never worn shoes while playing the piano from then on.
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I didn't grow up with musical influences in my family.
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People think because I've got some success, I've made it, but in my eyes it's like, 'How long has Jay Z been in the business? How many albums has he got?' Not that I'm trying to be Jay Z, but I am trying to be around for a long time.
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I believe that it is my responsibility as the prime minister of Israel to do whatever can be done to exploit the unique opportunities that lie ahead of us to move towards peace. Not everything can be done by one act.
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Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.
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How can something that's 95% water be so divisive? Alone among vegetables, the poor, innocent stick of celery elicits the most vicious attacks.
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I was 6, and I was in the opera 'Carmen.' My dad sang opera and got me into the children's chorus. I was super fat at the time and didn't make eye contact with anyone. I knew I loved acting ever since.
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I'm tired of defending my character. I am what I am.
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
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I was an escapee of childhood. I always wanted to grow up.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything... or nothing.
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As cliched as it sounds, I'm taking every day as it comes.
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I never, never thought one day I will sing at La Scala or I will get the Grammy. I'm lucky. I work a lot with a teacher, with my coach.
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A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too will sink back into the soft ground and becomes swallowed up by the world of illusion.
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I love to design and remodel houses, from working with the contractors to picking the colours, materials, kitchen and bathroom accessories to finally what furniture goes where.
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Music has always been my passion for as long as I can remember.
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I love New York. Love it.
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Anyway I will go same road because I, I was born in gymnastics. This is my, how to say, my life and my duty.
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The United States has got some of the dumbest people in the world. I want you to know that we know that.
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It's unimaginable to me that I wouldn't write, but it's very imaginable that I won't write for a little while.
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Growth and fulfillment come from abandoning old practices and embracing new ones.
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I'm kind of a jack of all trades. I have played all kinds of roles in the theater.
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Leather and lace is such a sexy combination.
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I'm literally nowhere yet... When things started going well, this French designer called Ami gave me some shoes and clothes to wear. But when I sat down to play the piano, the very new shoes kept slipping off the pedal. So I took them off, threw them away, and have never worn shoes while playing the piano from then on.
