David Benioff Quotes
For every Book of Job, there's a Book of Leviticus, featuring some of the most boring prose ever written. But if you were stranded on a desert island, what book would better reward long study? And has there ever been a more beautiful distillation of existential philosophy than the Book of Ecclesiastes?
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I've got bowlegs, so if I do a midcalf look, I look bandy.
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One of the big things I've learned is that there's an advantage to regular low-intensity activity.
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I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.
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I didn't want to be a slave to any passion anymore. I gave up card playing altogether, even bridge and gambling - more or less. It took me a few years to get out of it.
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In the process of evolution, the body lasts for some time and then will take other body and take other body and take other body until the final redemption from diversity is transcended.
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My MELD score was pretty high. And the worse you get on that scale, the sooner you get a transplant. It's based on how sick you are. And believe me, I was pretty sick.
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Instead of hazarding our future on the dirty fuels of the past, let's invest in clean power that can drive this country forward. Let's cut energy waste, make our economy the world's most efficient, and give our workers a leg up in the global marketplace.
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'Vanity' means worthlessness.
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Once I can verify my account, I will have a Twitter.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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I love Ben Affleck so much. He's an amazing director.
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I think there's a big misconception out there about actors and the choices they have.
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I don't want to lose what I've won.
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Decision making in a democracy depends above all on knowledge and not just the intel available to presidents and policymakers.
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A person who suffers from severe locomotor anxiety finds himself in an almost permanent state of mental tension. He wakes in the morning with the anxious expectation of having to go out somewhere in the course of the day.
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I embrace my blackness, just as I do my conservatism and my Christianity, but I don't want to be defined or pigeonholed by any one of the many elements that make up my character.
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I've not conducted my life in the service of smallness.
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The first thing to improve society is not banning abortion, but making sure that everyone who had a child is in the best position to be able to rear it.
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I played in a couple of really crummy bands, including one in the dorm I was in at MIT, for a year or two.
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Grupo Limite is always going to be a major highlight of my life. We worked so hard, sometimes touring for 10 months at a time.
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Being able to communicate with someone doesn’t necessarily mean that you understand them.
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The fans of 'The Hunger Games,' of the book, are very passionate. It's funny: Even at my concerts there are people holding up 'Cinna' signs.
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A woman is a woman. A woman has male problems, has job problems, and I think funny is funny.
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For every Book of Job, there's a Book of Leviticus, featuring some of the most boring prose ever written. But if you were stranded on a desert island, what book would better reward long study? And has there ever been a more beautiful distillation of existential philosophy than the Book of Ecclesiastes?
