Benny Green Quotes
Actually, I've had very little classical training, although I love listening to classical music very much.
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We must continue building in all corners of the Land of Israel, with determination and without being confused.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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Girls, to me, growing up were very, very petty and didn't want me to succeed and didn't want the best for me.
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They got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves so the Japanese wouldn't get it. We didn't want the Japanese to get it intact.
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Hold the door for a lady. Wait until a lady is out of the elevator.
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The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth; the Named is the mother of all things.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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I grew up on the edge of a national park in Canada - timberwolves, creeks, snow drifts.
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I started traveling by myself as early as 5 to see my dad. I'd go to Toronto or Los Angeles, depending on what show he was doing, but most often New York, and we would hang out, and he'd take me to museums and Broadway plays. The ones that had the biggest impact on me were the George C. Wolfe productions.
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If we were truly in the studio making a record, it would have been more time consuming, and certainly I would have been more involved in the writing process.
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Wouldn't it be grand if we thought that theater could have that impact on the political life of a country?
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There has got to be more to life than being a really, really, ridiculously good actor.
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I was born in Jerusalem in 1939 to a poor family that shared a rented four-room apartment with two additional families and their children.
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There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.
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Don't worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.
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The Masters is a sell-out annually, and even the scalpers mind their manners.
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I don't think of myself as a role model. I do try to live in a compassionate, considerate and positive way. The only advice I can offer is to find what you love to do, find the joy in it, and express yourself through your passion.
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I always had acting work when I needed it. I think that is why, when I watch films or TV series in America, I find in small roles or in supporting roles really amazing faces, where I have the feeling these people have actually had a life outside of acting. I find it almost a pity that I've never done anything else.
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I will not be deterred from my mission of helping kids in this country.
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The best thing about being in New York is the people, and you get to walk everywhere.
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Two more years were to go by before I knew anything about William Blake. Many years later, when his wife died, my godfather gave me the two books as a remembrance.
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My father represented India at the Olympics, and I also want to do that.
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Actually, I've had very little classical training, although I love listening to classical music very much.
