Ben Lerner Quotes
In art and life we're always reading bodies and behaviors (and skies and skylines or whatever), constructing brief and shifting coherences, and I guess I want to capture that process of characterization and re-characterization instead of offering up a few stable, easily-summarized individuals.
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What clients are really interested in is honesty, plus a baseline of competence.
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I just want to do my job.
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I tend to have a pattern of playing misunderstood characters.
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I'd feel bad pretending my life was anything other than pretty good, so I do the role as well as I can and then I go home, have a cup of tea, see my family and friends, and appreciate what I've got.
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You can blow on the dice all you want, but whether they come up 'seven' is still a function of random luck.
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You can't always be in awe of someone's talent, living with them.
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The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
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I'll never be immune to criticism, and that's okay, and I'm very comfortable with that.
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I've been training quite hard.
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I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not. I'm really confused now.
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In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
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Stealing is stealing. I don't care if it's on the Internet or you're breaking into a warehouse somewhere - it's theft.
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We live in an image society. Speeches are not what anybody cares about; what they care about is the picture.
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Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disk jockey is not allowed to talk.
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One of the biggest differences between you and a traditionally published author is that a self-pubbed author is responsible for everything. Not just writing the book - but cover design, editing, producing, distribution, and publicity as well.
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Halston was one of the hardest-working designers I have come across. The way he cut, moulded, manipulated and draped fabric was inspiring. I was submerged into the Halston subculture alongside Andy Warhol, Liza Minnelli, Elizabeth Taylor and Truman Capote. They shaped who I have become as a designer.
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A man will strategically organize his life in boxes and then spend most of his time in the boxes he can succeed in.
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I have a suggestion for all of those award seekers and blue ribbon hunters. Spend your efforts on making art that connects with people. Awards impress the grandkids but they don't move the gauge on selling your product. Art needs to touch the emotions of the buyer.
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Anime has sent me all over the world, introducing me to people who have touched my life in indescribably profound ways.
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I should have loved freedom, I believe, at all times, but in the time in which we live I am ready to worship it.
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I like to listen the blues and some classical.
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In art and life we're always reading bodies and behaviors (and skies and skylines or whatever), constructing brief and shifting coherences, and I guess I want to capture that process of characterization and re-characterization instead of offering up a few stable, easily-summarized individuals.
