Ben Kweller Quotes
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The more I go on in this career of making albums, writing songs and playing music, the more I think of each album as a movie. I really wanted to make a film, but making a film is much more expensive than making a record.
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A bowler is his own captain. I know what needs to be done, what the ball is doing. If you don't know where you are going to bowl and where you think the batsman will hit, then how can you tell the captain what you want? You are the judge.
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I think I'm somebody who takes praise with a very big - probably too big - pinch of salt.
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I'm a Christian, and I'm not judgmental towards anyone. I think that's really important.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I'm still a supporter of it.
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I don't think I'm going to become Brad Pitt overnight, but I presume if walk down Oxford Street, there is a chance someone might clock me.
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I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things.
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Yes, I mean, I used to be into the big bulk thing, and that's why my legs look like those of a cyclist instead of a shooter's, but I think there is a point to where too much is not a good thing. I think I try to lower my center of gravity by doing a lot of legs.
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Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
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At some point, you decide to take something you really like and turn it into a business you love.
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I really have no preference between TV and film. I think that each individual project is its own thing and has a very different style.
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Artists are political in the sense that they've subtracted themselves from the structure of the marketplace and are contributing something that's not utilitarian. Even though books get sold, and I get advances, I get to look at society and think for a living.
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Originally, I wanted to be a composer. I always tell people, 'I think of myself as a composer.'
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I think everyone in Hollywood works on multiple things because you never know what's going to happen with your projects.
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I think I've always had a 40-year-old body, and now that I'm actually there I'm like, 'Hey, pretty good, huh?'
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If I recall correctly, I think I signed my first contract with Tor in 1983.
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I think the biggest thing is voice. Whose voice is it? Who gets to control the narrative?
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I think that there are a lot of elements and events that will make you scared in life and make you not want to sort of show your true self.
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I think that civil rights issues take a lot of time to develop.
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In the developed world, we live 30 years longer, on average, than our ancestors born a century ago, but the price we pay for those added years is the rise of chronic diseases.
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My first job was a McDonald's commercial. It made me want to wake up at 4 A.M. to do something I loved. I haven't been the same since.
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To get important work done, most leaders organize people into teams. They believe that when people collaborate toward a common goal, great things can happen. Yet in reality, the whole is often much less than the sum of the parts.
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Husbands are like fires - they go out when unattended.
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It's up to me if I decide to do what I think is right.
