Ben Lerner Quotes
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When you really start figuring things out as a quarterback, you realize you don't have to be perfect every time, but you do have to be quick and decisive.
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I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.
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Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.
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Creating a character and living truthfully through her is a whole different ball game. It's all part of the same person but it's a much newer medium for me.
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I wasn't interested at all in doing a documentary. I was not a public figure.
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Drink warm water with lemon first thing in the morning. It's a good way to detox and alkalize your body.
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But what I'm very interested in, whether it's writing, whether it's hosting a show, whether it's cooking food, I'm just into the discussions of identity, culture and the politics of culture.
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Even a beautiful piece of work can be overshadowed, destroyed, by something else.
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My parents, particularly my father, had been used by commentators, political journalists and political commentators, to attack me, and the collateral damage was the reputations of my father and my mother.
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It's those moments when everything is on the line, and someone needs to show up in a big moment. I prepare my mind and I prepare my body to be ready for those moments. And I think it's just what I do. I live for those moments.
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The actors in 'Eight Men Out' really know how to play, and the background athletes are all professionals.
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Know your worth! People always act like they're doing more for you than you're doing for them.
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I didn't grow up in a wealthy family at all. Being at home all day and watching movies, that was a luxury.
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The president is under 50 percent approval ratings in all the battleground states. So, you could say that President Obama is defying gravity by still being in a dead heat with Mitt Romney. And one of the reasons that he is, is because the changing face of the electorate are giving him a small boost.
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I was a subject of ridicule and lectures about the basics of crystallography. The leader of the opposition to my findings was the two-time Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling, the idol of the American Chemical Society and one of the most famous scientists in the world.
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To communicate the truths of history is an act of hope for the future.
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I used to go in for Disney auditions, and they'd tell me, 'You're cute and nice but just not funny.'
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I have a farm and I love it there. There's really nothing to do, but even watching the chickens, its fun.
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I think poetry is a fabulous medium to encapsulate thoughts far more precisely than prose.
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There are times in history where a particular doctrine becomes a symbol of a greater problem.
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I grew up in a very religious household. My mom was a church organist. I was a religious kid.
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I don't condemn and I don't convert. I've been searching through books and bibles to find what this life is worth, and I've made up my mind: Love is my religion. You can take it or leave it, and you don't have to believe it. Love is my religion
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The fatal problem with poetry: poems.
