Benjamin Clementine Quotes

When I was very young, my brother and I, we used to go into charity shops to buy suits. The thing about clothes is that people judge you by what you wear, unfortunately. So when we wore suits, people gave us respect - we were very young, and it made them think we were older.

Benjamin Clementine

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

RespectBrotherPeopleThinkSuits

Comediennes are the lucky ones, because if you're funny, you can be 125 years old and they will still accept you.

Joan Rivers

FunnyYouAcceptWillLuckyOld

Like acting, undercover detective work requires a lot of performance. There's just more pressure because it's life-or-death situations.

John David Washington

WorkPerformancePressureActing

The bottom line is the best consumer protections are competitive, innovative markets that are transparent. Now, they need to be vigorously policed for force and fraud, but the agencies that do that need to be accountable.

Jeb Hensarling

BestNowFraudNeedLineBottom

Henry is entirely invented though by now I feel he's as real as anyone I know.

Sue Grafton

FeelKnowNowRealI FeelHe

I like the Carpenters and Elvis.

Sia

LikeElvis

What works with your skin and eyes? Use that to zero in on your wardrobe.

Tom Ford

EyesSkinZeroYourWardrobeWorks

I feel like Canada is really good at nurturing their artists, and America's not so good at that. The artistic community is so important to a country.

LP

GoodCommunityFeelAmericaCanada

Not that I regret saying what I believed to be the truth, but I regret anything that I might have written or spoken that could have been used in a way to help to foster that atmosphere out of which came the loss of life of Brother Malcolm.

Louis Farrakhan

LifeTruthBrotherSayingRegret

Everybody seems to know me. It's very strange.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

MeKnowStrangeSeemsEverybody

Life is a horizontal fall.

Jean Cocteau

LifeLife Is AFallHorizontal

I built a company; now, I would like to shrink a government and grow an economy.

Doug Ducey

GovernmentGrowNowCompanyEconomy

If you're writing a detective novel or horror or sci-fi, you want to expand or reinvigorate the genre in your own little way.

Colson Whitehead

WritingYouWantHorrorWayOwn

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