Ben Lerner Quotes
It was worse than having a sinking feeling; I was a sinking feeling, an unplayable adagio for strings; internal distances expanded and collapsed when I breathed.
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Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
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I live in a landscape, which every single day of my life is enriching.
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I see a deep connection between peace and change: peace always starts from within, for communities and people alike. The same is true of change: real change starts from within.
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The reason that the all-American boy prefers beauty to brains is that he can see better than he can think.
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All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
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Social media is interesting. It helps me connect with fans. It's immediate. It's a big part of my touring business - getting the word out via Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
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Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty.
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L.A. really doesn't feel like home to me anymore.
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We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.
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I like to write scenes in the middle of the night. We could change every word of 'Family Ties' between Monday and Friday.
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When I feel like my body is exhausted, I focus on making my fifth Olympic team so I can push through it.
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If there's a pregnancy rumor, people will find out it's not true when you wind up not being pregnant, like nine months from now, and if there's a house rumor, they'll find out it's not true when you are actively not ever spotted at that house.
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I think young writers should get other degrees first, social sciences, arts degrees or even business degrees. What you learn is research skills, a necessity because a lot of writing is about trying to find information.
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Cotton was a force of nature. There's a poetry to it, hoeing and growing cotton.
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My dad is often horrified by what I've spent my money on.
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In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.
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Love comes in far more shapes and sizes than what the family-values crowd condones, of course.
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I lack only $1 billion to make the world a better world.
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Oh, I think it was like when, you know, Cupid throws an arrow and hits you. First, there was this Mexican band, dressed up with bows and arrows. They were playing some funky weird music,, I didn't know it yet, but it was like Lee Perry, George Clinton, and Sun Ra mixed up, Mexican funky.
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Approaching any movie with a three in the title you know you are not going to get a political polemic. You are not going to get some sort of political statement or ultra-deep message.
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As far as diversity's concerned, there's me, there's Al Madrigal, there's Aasif Mandvi. But I'm not walking around feeling black all the time. That would stress me out.
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I lost seventy pounds eating nothing but Jello for 4 months. But of course there is great variety in the colors! I think, if I remember correctly, it's 230 calories for a whole bowl. Maybe 270? In the 5th month, I added fruit.
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Have you noticed that if you leave the laundry in the hamper long enough, it's ready to wear again?
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It was worse than having a sinking feeling; I was a sinking feeling, an unplayable adagio for strings; internal distances expanded and collapsed when I breathed.
