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The whole thing about acting, the draw for me, is the opportunity to do things you don't get to do in real life.


Benjamin Bratt

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BENJAMIN DISRAELI He who waits upon fortune is never sure of dinner.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN One today is worth two tomorrows.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Power has only one duty --to secure the social welfare of the People.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI The most important four words for a successful marriage: 'I'll do the dishes.'
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Sometimes when I close my eyes, I can't see.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN In God we trust; all others must pay cash.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Marriage is a wonderful institution... but who wants to live in an institution?
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN What great energy, intelligence, and magnificent beautiful eyes... But enough about me, how are you ...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN They who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Lib...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI A member of Parliament to Disraeli: 'Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable ...
BENJAMIN DISRAELI I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Hide not your talents, they for use were made,
What's a sundial in the shade?
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN When men and woman die, as poets sung, his heart's the last part moves, her last, the tongue.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete animal....
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN If you teach a poor young man to shave himself, and keep his razor in order, you may contribute more...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Creditors have better memories than debtors.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN It destroys one's nerve to be amiable every day to the same human being.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI