Ben Eine Quotes
An airplane cabin isn't the first place people think of when they choose an exhibition space, but I'm all for doing things differently.
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I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
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My kind publishers, Toby Mundy and Margaret Stead of Atlantic Books, have commissioned me to write the life of Queen Victoria.
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What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
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Comedians have to write to survive because you don't get cast for your beauty.
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As an actor, you always think that whatever job you have is going to be your last. In some way, shape or form, you think you're going to screw it up and you're never going to work again.
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One good thing is I was instilled with really good values. My mom treats everyone the same.
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The gratification of desire is not happiness.
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I had a very happy childhood, which is unsuitable if you're going to be an Irish writer.
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It was just one of those moments in the universe that was mine.
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You wouldn't know it, but I'm no good at recognising people; I have face blindness.
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I was about 13 or 14 when I heard Malcolm X's speech 'Message to the Grass Roots.'
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Sometimes I listen to music and I wonder how did they get certain sounds.
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Madrid is not as big as London, but it is true when you are coming from a big city like Madrid, nothing is going to surprise you, and I am very happy to move to a city like London. It is a big city, and you can do everything you want with the respect that the English people always have.
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If you believe the people who love you, you get lazy. And if you believe the people who hate you, you become... maybe intimidated, or whatever the word might be, and you don't write as well.
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There is an opportunity to recreate the financial world as we know it in the parallel universe that is the blockchain. We are writing rules for this whole new universe.
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You have to remember that when you are a performer you become a celebrity, but you are not saving lives. It's not that important.
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It's a terrible poison, writing.
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I wanted just a song to sing, and there came a certain point where I couldn't sing anything. So I had to write what I wanted to sing 'cos nobody else was writing what I wanted to sing.
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That's the staggering, humorous thing about money. If you haven't got taste, money doesn't matter: You'll always look ghastly.
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The Goal of Science is understanding lawful relations among natural phenomena.
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The nature of creativity is to make space for things to happen... We can drive it out with our busyness and plans.
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We should always choose our books as God chooses our friends, just a bit beyond us, so that we have to do our level best to keep up with them.
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I definitely try to eat a healthy diet, but I am the first person to say I love unhealthy food. I would never tell you I don't. I love fried chicken or mac and cheese. Do I order them all the time when I'm out at restaurants? No, though I do have one splurge meal a week.
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An airplane cabin isn't the first place people think of when they choose an exhibition space, but I'm all for doing things differently.
