Ben Lerner Quotes
Experiments with the "as if" of fiction are often more lively in poetry and criticism and other modes of writing than in weak short stories or novels.Ben Lerner
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I believe that I'm a hillbilly in my values and in my attitudes, and I don't want to lose that. I think it's possible to maintain a big chunk of that identity so long as you're self-reflective and meaningful about it.
J. D. Vance -
I wasn't interested at all in doing a documentary. I was not a public figure.
Iris Apfel -
I didn't grow up in a wealthy family at all. Being at home all day and watching movies, that was a luxury.
Fleur East -
The worst mistake a woman can make is to emulate a man.
Natalia Kills -
I like that the 'Underworld' series created a whole other world that's totally different yet familiar to our own.
Kat Graham -
When I sit down to write, I know everything I need to know... I start writing, and within 30 seconds or 60 seconds, I'm watching a movie. I'm not making this stuff up; the characters are acting it out,and I'm just writing it down.
M. J. Rose
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This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex.
Dan Rather -
I'm at peace with my family, my friends, myself and God so there's really nothing else that I worry about.
Lance Bass NSYNC -
I love it when people say things to me in public and want to meet me, because I want to meet them! Early on, my manager told me, 'If you want to sell 500,000 records, then go out there and meet 500,000 people.'
Taylor Swift -
One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.
Lao Tzu -
When I look at a film, I don't think, 'Oh, I wish I had done that' because I haven't done that role, so it doesn't matter.
Madhuri Dixit -
I'm a huge fan of the Clintons. I love Hillary; I love Bill.
Fat Joe
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'Ray Donovan' is very dark and very serious. As actors will tell you, the darker and more serious the material, the more jokes that go around set. It's a counterbalance.
Eddie Marsan -
I think the virtue I prize above all others is curiosity. If you look really hard at almost anybody, and try to see why they're doing what they're doing, taking a dig at them ceases to be what you want to do even if you hate them.
A. S. Byatt -
The idea of being a painter, I've always thought, is better than being an artist or a sculptor.
Damien Hirst -
Some people think they are worth a lot of money just because they have it.
Fannie Hurst -
He was brother to a liar and brother to an angel, son of a dream and son of a dreamer.
Maggie Stiefvater -
Hello!Is it me you're looking for?I can see it in your eyes.I can see it in your smile.You're all I've ever wantedAnd my arms are open wide.'Cause you know just what to say.And you know just what to do.And I want to tell you so much;I love you.
Lionel Richie
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You lose your home, you lose your community, you lose your school, you lose your stuff.
Matthew Desmond -
I think music is poetry in the sense that I think the condition of poetry I'm going for has some qualities of music that it aspires to.
Kevin Young -
With three kids you are just trying to survive. You can't be fastidious.
J. J. Abrams -
Criticism is a destroyer of self-worth and esteem.
H. Burke Peterson -
Experiments with the "as if" of fiction are often more lively in poetry and criticism and other modes of writing than in weak short stories or novels.
Ben Lerner