Benjamin Clementine Quotes

People want a beautiful story. Hopefully my life story is still beautiful, but that metro stuff doesn't make it much more pitiful.

Benjamin Clementine

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: December 7, 1988

Topics

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The idea that growth will remedy our debts is so addictive for politicians, but the citizens end up paying the price.

Michael Burry

GrowthEndPriceWillPoliticians

The higher the moral tone, the more suspect the speaker.

Mason Cooley

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I like those kinds of songs that have details that you remember and that have stories that mean something and that open up into different levels philosophically. I like those kinds of movies, and I like those kinds of books.

Jason Isbell

DetailsRememberYouMoviesMeanUp

I come from a blue-collar family. My father worked at the American Can Company as a mechanic. He broke his back and was disabled, and the first memory I have of him is in the hospital. My mother was a working mother - she had two jobs. Everybody in the house had to help out.

Joseph Abboud

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Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be: why then should we desire to be deceived?

Joseph Butler

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I was just a very torn child, very wounded in so many areas, with no family support. I happened to the be the fifth child of my family. So everybody was already grown and had left home already.

Djimon Hounsou

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You can pick almost any field, and there's going to be weird people.

Christopher Guest

PeopleWeirdYouGoingAlmostPick

I think a lot of directors over the years have cast me because they see something of another generation in me: you know, certain people look like they've come from the 19th century. Because I have classical background I suppose that is more suitable to patriarchal roles and easily infuses them.

Christopher Plummer

PeopleMeThinkGenerationYouLook

My first job was, like, McDonald's.

Swae Lee

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The church is not a political power; it's not a party, but it's a moral power.

Pope Benedict XVI

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I came to the big city and I started to get involved in the punk scene and stuff, and I wanted to sort of brand myself. I made a pretty conscious effort to be a different type of person.

Seth

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Doing good holds the power to transform us on the inside, and then ripple out in ever-expanding circles that positively impact the world at large.

Shari Arison

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