Benjamin Watson Quotes
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We have the ability to be able, if we have the right resources around us, to really do chop and change and have fun in our time and not just be stuck in one world or the other.
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'Material' is meant to be a fun, lighthearted song about the tiny bit of materialism that's in all of us. The message is meant to translate the notion that you don't need luxury items to feel special; you already are special.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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Happy songs are very difficult to write. How many truly great upbeat songs are there?
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To me, form doesn't always follow function. Form has a life of its own, and at times, it may be the motivating force in design. When you're dealing with form as a sculptor, you feel that you are quite free in attempting to mould and shape things you want to do, but in architecture, it's much more difficult because it has to have a function.
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If you're not cheating, you're not trying.
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You can only do your best. That's all you can do. And if it isn't good enough, it isn't good enough.
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The field of ageing research is full of characters. We have hucksters claiming that cures for ageing can be bought and sold; prophetic seers, their hands extended for money, warning that immortality is nigh; and would-be Nobelists working methodically in laboratories in search of a pill to slow ageing.
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I'm crazy, and I don't pretend to be anything else.
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I'm not the same person as the character I do in my songs. She's crazy! The 'Daddy Song' was the first sketch I ever wrote, especially on the guitar and everything - and definitely the most offensive. And absurd.
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When my mum first told me she got sick, I didn't cry. I probably cried over my mum's illness twice.
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I love being able to be political without any political affiliation.
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Everyone has some kind of light inside them.
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I try and eat really healthy when I'm home, but I certainly don't eat worms and snakes.
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I think it is one of the greatest pictures ever taken of a woman.
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I dreamt that my hair was kempt. Then I dreamt that my true love unkempt it.
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Life is full of choices, and many years ago, I chose to become a vegetarian, and it was one of the best choices I’ve ever made.
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You hit a wall at some stage when you don't want it so bad, but you don't know when that's going to be - as far as competition or as far as health is concerned. Sometimes it's just natural. You just taste it, and you want it so bad that you find other gears.
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Democracy demands patient instruction on it before legislation.
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I am very close to my brother Ramesh Babu. When my father was away for shootings, my brother would take care of me, and I am very close to him, and yes, Dad's always special.
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The male domination and chauvinism of the comics form is either being wittily lampooned in 'Watchmen' or handily perpetuated, depending on whom you ask.
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Music and fashion complement one another when combined.
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Conflict, when handled correctly, strengthens.
