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I'm sort of focused on my long-term goal of carving out a career that's for life, rather than being a flash in the pan.

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Benedict Cumberbatch
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: July 19
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Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch
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Sherlock [Holmes] is on the side of the angels, but don't think he's one of them. He uses similar means, but it seems to be for a better purpose, one would hope.
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I'm a Prince of Wales Trust ambassador, so I'm all about giving youth an education, a voice and a chance to not take the wrong road.
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I think now with fundamentalists, people who treat belief with a total lack of humor or empathy for any other viewpoint than their own - they, to me, are the enemy. And those people are born out of desperate extremes.
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I've been reading the books. It's the origination, it's the primary source. You should always go back to the books.
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It's very easy to be cynical about any kind of interference in things that are beyond our skill set.
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