Benjamin Clementine Quotes
I adopted this feeling that the stage is my home, so just keep my coat on and not wear anything else.
Quotes to Explore
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We're spirited and spiritual... and fun follows us around.
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All the marketing and advertising sells the book as what it is and hopes that the book will be displayed so that your readers can find it.
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Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.
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Cinema affects everything, from the way I get dressed to how I build my stages.
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I don't find an advantage or disadvantage in being a woman when reporting. What little advantages there might be in some instances is cancelled out by the basic lack of lavatories round the world for women.
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All my life, my immediate response to emotional pain has been to make jokes. Lots of jokes.
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Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
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I personally think Beyonce's a strong feminist. What she's done in music and for women is unprecedented. I love her. She definitely makes me feel like more of a woman.
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Win or lose, we go shopping after the election.
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The greatest responsibility of the planner and architect, I believe, is the protection and development of our habitat.
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The question for immigration reform is not if we'll get it done, it's when we'll get it done. It's going to get done.
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I never made a movie I would not take my family to see.
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I grew up with 'Friends' from day one and, like, 'Seinfeld' and 'Frazier,' those sorts of shows, but for sure, 'Friends' was it for our family. Like, we would watch every Thursday night at eight o'clock; I couldn't wait.
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To put it simply and a bit crudely: Our economy is demanding more well-educated workers than our schools are providing. To attract this scarce resource, communities have to offer more than just jobs.
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Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.
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It's not like I have the most perfect body in the world. I'm a normal girl.
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Novelists get to say plenty in their massive tomes; rock singers only get four-minute songs with two verses and a chorus' worth of lyrics, and so there's a real pleasure in accessing the intelligence behind the music, even if it doesn't qualify as 'great literature.'
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The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.
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I want to say things, even if they are unexpected or weird. If they aren’t usually said in a pop song, I want to say them anyway.
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I am only a dog lover, and I have a nice fawn-colored one at home.
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I always liked movies like 'American Graffiti' and 'Gregory's Girl.' 'Gregory's Girl' is particularly perfect because it really captures that summer holiday bubble of teenage utopia. Even though it's got a happy ending, there's a feeling that these characters may never see each other again.
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Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work... a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work.
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We have to make the first move ourselves rather than expecting it to come from the phenomenal world or from other people. If we are meditating at home and we happen to live in the middle of the High Street, we cannot stop the traffic just because we want peace and quiet. But we can stop ourselves, we can accept the noise. The noise also contains silence. We must put ourselves into it and expect nothing from outside, just as Buddha did. And we must accept whatever situation arises.
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I adopted this feeling that the stage is my home, so just keep my coat on and not wear anything else.
