"I've spent various periods of my career being thought of as various things, various degrees of substance and ideas."

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Source : "Ben Mendelsohn: from Erinsborough to Hollywood via Gotham" by Alex Godfrey, www.theguardian.com. April 5, 2013.

Ben Mendelsohn

#Careers Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Degrees Quotes

“At Linfox we have zero tolerance. If any alcohol or drugs are found in any drivers' blood, they are instantly dismissed.”
“There's no difference between lyrics and poetry. Words are words. The only difference is the people who are in academic positions and call themselves poets and have an academic stance. They've got something to lose if they say it's all poetry; if there's not music to it, and you have to wear a certain kind of checkered shirt or something like that. It's all the same. Lyrics are lyrics, poetry is poetry, lyrics are poetry, and poetry is lyrics. They are interchangeable to me.”
“I enjoy reality as much as the next man. It's just that in my case, fortunately, reality includes a good stiff belt every now and then.”
“If a man holds a door open for me or pulls back a chair so that this old bag can sit down, I'm delighted. Women who moan and carp about that sort of thing are stupid”
“Everyone's values are defined by what they will tolerate when it is done to others.”

Source : William Greider (1998). “One World, Ready Or Not: The Manic Logic of Global Capitalism”, p.336, Simon and Schuster
“There are only four or five real events that we have that draw that many people into town each year. We should have at least 12; and once we have 12, we can have 24.”
“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.”
“Truly, men make too little use of their lives; and so it is no wonder that the world should still be in such a poor way.”

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