Ben Eine Quotes

I started off tagging stuff - I'm not meant to be having tea and biscuits with the prime minister.

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• We tend to talk about death as if it is losing a battle, but that assumes living is winning and dying is not.

  

  Hanya Yanagihara
  • Death
  • Winning
  • Dying

• If we just allowed women and men more leeway in our culture and more acceptance, I think they would be able to make better compromises.

  

  Tamora Pierce
  • Men
  • Women
  • Culture

• I've never been able to say I've been influenced by a list of artists I like because I like thousands and thousands and I've been influenced in some way by all of them.

  

  Jack Nicholson
  • Way
  • Never
  • Say

• Note to self: Never ride a motorcycle in stilettos and a miniskirt.

  

  Maggie Grace
  • Self
  • Ride
  • Motorcycle

• I feel like if you enjoyed the 119 hours that precede the finale of 'Lost,' is that whole experience ruined by the fact that you might not agree with everything that we did in the finale? I would hope not! I would hope that you would appreciate the fact that you were entertained for 119 hours even if you didn't love the finale.

  

  Carlton Cuse
  • Love
  • Experience
  • Hope

• The talk shows in the States want celebrities, not authors. In France, it is different; writers are called upon to comment on everything. They have a very public role there.

  

  Edmund White
  • Different
  • Want
  • Talk

• I love driving around east London - it's always full of surprises. Actually, I don't drive myself - I like to be driven.

  

  Zaha Hadid
  • Love
  • Myself
  • Driving

• I did green screen for the first time! I wouldn't like to do a whole movie of green screen, though. You kind of forget the plot a little - like being in a Broadway play and doing it over and over and forgetting your line halfway through.

  

  Idris Elba
  • Time
  • Movie
  • Forget

• All of my judges will want to welcome every child into the world, give them a place at the table.

  

  Gary Bauer
  • World
  • Child
  • Welcome

• Nothing reopens the springs of love so fully as absence, and no absence so thoroughly as that which must needs be endless.

  

  Anthony Trollope

• Everything that happens is supposed to be And it's all pre-determined, can't change your destiny Guess I'll just keep moving, someday maybe I'll get to where I'm going

  

  Conor Oberst Bright Eyes
  • Moving
  • Destiny

• One of my favorite movies is 'Some Like It Hot,' which isn't really a musical, but I'm just such a sucker for old movies. I wouldn't want to ever tarnish one of them, or do a spot-on remake, but just do something light like that where I get to glide across the floor. I would be a very happy camper.

  

  Dash Mihok
  • Happy
  • Light

• If you look at any successful skit comedy show, ever, there is that format of introducing you to the player in the beginning, and then going on to see those sketches.

  

  Keegan-Michael Key
  • Comedy
  • Player
  • Beginning

• Obviously there aren't enough Latino roles out there - I wish there were more of them - but there's got to be more in the future. I'm sure there will be more in the future. The public is asking for it.

  

  Paula Garces
  • Future
  • Wish

• I think there's nothing better in the world than a spirited discussion about the Bible and Jesus and God and the Catholic faith, or the Jewish faith, or the Muslim faith - any religion.

  

  Elizabeth Vargas
  • World
  • God
  • Faith

• We need not to just kill the boat-smuggling business model: we also need to get rid of this asylum-shopping in the European Union.

  

  Mark Rutte
  • Business
  • Model
  • Shopping

• Every opportunity that comes your way, you can't take lightly. You have to take it very, very seriously, because the opportunities are limited. If you want to keep working, you can't be such an elitist, to say no, that's not good enough, not big enough, not smart enough, whatever.

  

  Chris Klein
  • Good
  • Opportunity
  • Smart

• My kids tell me to Instagram, so I do that. I have a few thousand followers.

  

  Lee Daniels
  • Kids

• Walmart is an amazing story of entrepreneurship and, as one of the world's most powerful brands, touches millions of lives every day.

  

  Marissa Mayer
  • World
  • Amazing
  • Powerful

• I have a Viking stove. The color is butter lemon, and I had to wait several months for it, because that color wasn't available and I really wanted butter lemon! But I don't know that it's seriously ever been cooked on. I mean, I make tea every morning. Does that count?

  

  Andy Cohen
  • Morning
  • Color
  • Tea

• You okay?" "Fine." "Your heart's beating really fast." "Gee, thanks. That's very comforting that you can hear it." He smiled, and it was the old Michael, the one she'd first met before all the vamp stuff. "Yeah, I know it is. Sorry. Just stay behind me if there's trouble." "You sound like Shane." "Well, he did say he'd kill me if I got you hurt. I'm just looking after my own neck." "Liar.

  

  Rachel Caine
  • Heart
  • She
  • Hurt

• Music infuses your spirit with a certain energy that I try to convey in my work.

  

  Oscar Hijuelos
  • Work
  • Music
  • Energy

• What I was told by my parents was that, you know, take this inhibition out whether you're a girl or a boy. Basically, pursue your dream, and as long as you're a capable and hardworking human being, you will be able to follow and fulfill your dream.

  

  Chanda Kochhar
  • Long
  • Dream
  • Parents

• I started off tagging stuff - I'm not meant to be having tea and biscuits with the prime minister.

  

  Ben Eine
  • Stuff
  • Tea
  • Prime Minister