Benmont Tench Quotes
I think that with Bob Dylan around, we're living in an era where we have Whitman presenting new work, we have Dickens presenting new work, we have Yeats and Shakespeare presenting new work. It's that level.
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I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.
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I ran for Congress in 2012 because I had had enough. Enough of career politicians, enough of political gamesmanship, and enough of the lack of leadership in Washington.
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I hate the domestic life.
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Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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My mum never told me that I was beautiful when I was a kid – and I didn't read magazines or watch MTV, so I had no real consciousness about it all.
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It's grueling never knowing if the audience is going to think you're funny. It's soul-destroying when they don't laugh.
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Since the beginning of time, children have not liked to study. They would much rather play, and if you have their interests at heart, you will let them learn while they play; they will find that what they have mastered is child's play.
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I have a multicultural background, so I tend to have an open mind about things, and I find other cultures interesting.
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People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job.
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Our intent is to operate Time Warner as it operates today, with autonomy in its divisions, including the world-class creative talent and journalists that make Time Warner a leader in entertainment and news.
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I say, you work eight hours, and you sleep eight hours - be sure they're not the same eight hours.
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There are ways to win fights, and sometimes you don't always choose the easiest way to win a fight.
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You're always going to have terrorism.
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I just lost interest in performing.
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I'm never gonna change the skin, right? I'm very proud of what it implies and what it has meant to me... but then again, in Congress, I hope to make my mark as a colleague and as a leader.
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It's called a pen. It's like a printer, hooked straight to my brain.
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I like my hands. They do most of the talking.
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Goddam money. It always ends up making you blue as hell.
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Learn to see a problem from a higher level of understanding. Then, it dissolves before your eyes.
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Science fiction is becoming more of a diverse kind of genre.
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Acknowledgment of torture is not accountability for it.
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I grew up with a fascination with Marco Polo. I had this unlikely interest in the East as a young man, and you can't really read about Chinese history and philosophy without encountering him at every turn.
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I think that with Bob Dylan around, we're living in an era where we have Whitman presenting new work, we have Dickens presenting new work, we have Yeats and Shakespeare presenting new work. It's that level.
