Ben Domenech Quotes
Whether that's questioning the dominant opinion of the day, the conventional wisdom of the day, or whether it's questioning the policies that come out of Washington, or out of our government, generally, I think media's job is to look at it and say, "What's really going on here? What's the story behind what you see?"
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Plastic surgery is a postmodern veil.
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I want to be judged on my own merits.
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Honestly, at times, I still get bored. 'Dancing with the Stars' kept me busy, and that's what I like. When I first started fighting, I was working two jobs, and I was still going to school at the same time while training. I'm meant to be a busy person.
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Stories are like that. Like cities, they are built on the stones and bones of the past.
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I so never went through a bad-girl period.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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When I grew up, I thought I was Jewish. Now I don't consider myself Jewish. I consider myself a Kabbalist.
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I have never read 'To Kill A Mockingbird.'
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Normally, young writers have all the time in the world and they don't always use it well.
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I would really love to collaborate with Gwen Stefani and M.I.A.; artists that kind of make sense with me vocally. And in terms of style, I'm a very visual artist. I really love Pharell. I love people that really care about drums, and I like beat-heavy.
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I just want to play for Hindus and Muslims that sit together. That's all I want to do.
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Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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I joke that my niche in Hollywood has been naked foreigners.
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It was considered the most dangerous route in the Hills, but as my reputation as a rider and quick shot was well known, I was molested very little, for the toll gatherers looked on me as being a good fellow, and they knew that I never missed my mark.
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I can't stand on a podium and beat my chest saying I'm the best. I just think I've been the luckiest of all. Yes, I'm talented. The movies that I've chosen and the way they've fared have also helped. I've always done films I would love to watch. I have stayed away from films which I thought were depressing.
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I've actually had a copilot come out of the cockpit on a trip from L.A. to New York and ask me about Charles Manson.
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I often feel that when people have affairs, it has more to do with something they're searching for in themselves than anything else.
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To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.
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I hate to cook and love to eat.
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All I ever wanted to do was stand-up. It kind of charges me and gives me a rush.
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I don't want to be any kind of producer at all - hands-on or otherwise! I feel producing is a very difficult job and creates ulcers! Maybe some people would like to have a certain amount of control; not me. It's too much stress and includes managing everybody's egos... handling my own is enough!
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That is the job of a comedian: To take unpleasant subject matter and forcibly, with his hands, wring the funny out of it.
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Institutions are not pretty. Show me a pretty government. Healing is wonderful, but the American Medical Association? Learning is wonderful, but universities? The same is true for religion... religion is institutionalized spirituality.
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Whether that's questioning the dominant opinion of the day, the conventional wisdom of the day, or whether it's questioning the policies that come out of Washington, or out of our government, generally, I think media's job is to look at it and say, "What's really going on here? What's the story behind what you see?"
