Ben Lerner Quotes
I have no interest in artists who are purely affirmative, who've made a commercialized fetish of the culture's stupidity.
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I'm an actor who wants to do great parts, and I've been very fortunate, for a long time, to get meaty roles, and sometimes some of them are meatier than others.
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We would consider it our moral duty to lend all support to the ending of colonialism and imperialism so that people everywhere are free to mould their own destiny.
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I make a lot of money, but I don't want to talk about that.
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I always try to learn a few words from a new language wherever I go.
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It always seemed much better to be a writer - a Real Writer - than a successful hack.
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The question arises whether private companies can bear responsibility when considering the large risks involved with nuclear business.
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On the set I never know what day of the week it is.
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It's always about the music, never about anything else.
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I'm not girly girly enough to care how I look on TV, or if I'm wearing the correct make up.
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Sometimes when you've got too much money you lose your imagination.
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Broadway is amazing because you're performing for such an intimate group of people. You're living in the moment and whatever happens happens, and you go on. You can't say cut and redo it, you have to be on the whole time.
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So here we are, talking about Roman unicycles and alien sandwiches and my sister’s Italian misfortunes, while hanging in between us is: MY EPIC FAILURE TO CARPE. What’s wrong with me?
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Develop a benovolent world view;look for the good in the people and circumstances around you.
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To invent out of knowledge means to produce inventions that are true. Every man should have a built-in automatic crap detector operating inside him. It also should have a manual drill and a crank handle in case the machine breaks down. If you're going to write, you have to find out what's bad for you. Part of that you learn fast, and then you learn what's good for you.
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The Prophet introduced a system of prayer in that it was interwoven into man's daily work: a prayer in the morning when he arose from his bed; a prayer at lunch time, as an indication that if his body needed a diet, so did his spirit; a prayer in the afternoon when he retired from his daily work; a prayer at sunset and a prayer when going to bed.
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Artists tend to be beyond embarrassment the way little children tend to be beyond embarrassment.
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I think the fear of being seen as childish or crazy severely limits our enjoyment of the world around us, thus inducing a state of boredom that in turn gives rise to much of the stupidity and meanness that oftem seem to epitomize the human condtion. In fact, these ills merely signify that the dues we pay for adult respectability are far too high, and bring some 'benefits' of questionable value.
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We're told we need this trade deal to open up vast markets to American goods, ... But the reality is that most Chinese workers cannot afford to buy the goods that even they make.
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You cannot do justice to the dead. When we talk about doing justice to the dead we are talking about retribution for the harm done to them. But retribution and justice are two different things.
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I have no interest in artists who are purely affirmative, who've made a commercialized fetish of the culture's stupidity.
