Ben Lerner Quotes
On the one hand, Klaus, surely the only man in Topeka outfitted in white linen, could not take these kids—with their refrigerators full of food, their air-conditioning and television, their freedom from stigma or state violence—seriously; what could be more obvious than the fact that they did not know what suffering was, that if they suffered from anything it was precisely this lack of suffering, a kind of neuropathy that came from too much ease, too much sugar, a kind of existential gout?
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I was deeply uncertain of who I was and who I wanted to be. I really thought I wanted to be a much cooler guy than what I was.
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As far as female vocalists, I love Heart, Joan Jett, Courtney Love, Laura Branigan, Linda Ronstadt, Barbra Streisand - or going back to when I was a child, Aileen Quinn, the original Annie.
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The great opportunity belongs to him who can see it, to him who can grasp it. The better part of your chance is right inside of you.
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After I watched 'The Exorcist' I refused to watch any other movie that had anything to do with ghosts or demons. I didn't even watch 'Ghostbusters' until I was much older.
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We're really blessed that we've been as well received as we have been.
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I love hugging people. I still hug everybody in my meet-and-greet lines.
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In terms of script, Bollywood should learn from South Indian scripts. Not talking about the fights and action, I am talking about the drama bit.
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I never expected to be approached for an ad campaign.
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As you get older, the summer is less of a vacation and more of a training period by yourself away from the team. It's exciting for me. I felt like I've been really getting better as far as my conditioning every single season as I get older.
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It's cool to be in the paper every once in awhile and people read about you and they know who you are.
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You never get the Shakespeares right. It's not possible.
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I love nothing more than a good, rich, dark chocolate. It exhilarates. It satisfies.
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I've met enough KGB colonels in my life.
Garry Kasparov -
A movie like House of the Dead with around $7 million budget or Alone in the Dark with around $16 million budget are much easier to make profit than the typical $50 million major motion picture.
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A writers' ring is where a group of four or five authors agree to promote each other's work on their own websites and via their social media outlets such as Facebook and Twitter.
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I work to create systems that can accurately detect pandemics early, determine their likely importance, and, with any luck, crush those that have the potential to devastate us.
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I think there are patterns of the aftermath of colonization that you see echoed in cultures and communities across the world.
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Even the dark places are places. You're still somewhere.
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I'll keep going till my face falls off.
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I don't want to tell people what I make. It's a lot more than I ever dreamed of as a kid. I never think about it.
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All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.
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Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
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Liberals, many of them, not all of them, but many of them are obsessed with race. They see everything through a filter of race.
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On the one hand, Klaus, surely the only man in Topeka outfitted in white linen, could not take these kids—with their refrigerators full of food, their air-conditioning and television, their freedom from stigma or state violence—seriously; what could be more obvious than the fact that they did not know what suffering was, that if they suffered from anything it was precisely this lack of suffering, a kind of neuropathy that came from too much ease, too much sugar, a kind of existential gout?
