Ben Lerner Quotes
The more abysmal the experience of the actual, the greater the implied heights of the virtual.
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It really doesn't matter to me whether it's defensive end or linebacker. I just want to play the game of football. I've been working on linebacker drills since I got out to Fischer Sports in Phoenix.
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I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.
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The leader of the market today may not necessarily be the leader tomorrow.
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I think if I heard someone else talking about their life, describing all the problems I've had, they'd look like they were through. Done. But there's something about me - I'm smiling. Those things are really not bad enough to put me in a slump. I'm smiling with the opportunity to wake up every morning.
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A lot of West Virginia is untouched. It doesn't have as many strip malls, it has these old towns that feel like it used to be how it looked. Charleston has this river that runs through it, and it's really beautiful.
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I just take it one day at a time. Austin Powers has given me a lot of opportunities as far as my career.
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I just started making Bloody Marys. I always thought they looked gross, then I tasted one. There's an art to it, from the Tabasco to the Worcestershire.
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What's the most important thing in the world? It's love, and I look at that as an energy, not a sentiment.
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Cussing ain't for everybody.
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I have been the last space marine between earth and an alien invasion. I really just don't need to go there anymore.
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If we had this back, and in full measure; if society were infused by it, through and through, and men lived its life, and in its life, philosophy would take care of itself and the nature of our institutions would not matter.
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When I was 5, I wore a tie, and I wanted to change my name to Larry, which probably tipped my parents off that I was gay.
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Bearing an eternal longing for Jewishness, I threw myself in all directions and left to work for another people. I am not one of those lucky ones raised in their own environment, whose work is normal.
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What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not yet a remedy; the eyes see only the dross.
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I feel I'm an actress who sings a bit.
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I want to get away from couture just being done for a picture or for a single moment on the red carpet. I want to try and convince women that couture can be worn in the day and that there's a reality and relevance there, because that's what Mr. Christian Dior wanted.
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I often use the word 'magical' to talk about what it feels like on set.
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I was one of the only people of color at my grade school and also my high school. It's weird recollecting on my childhood, I think, because my brothers are all white. We all share the same father but different mothers. I guess I kind of associated white, but I was occasionally reminded in a really negative way that I wasn't.
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Whenever you want something that you're not going to get, suddenly the whiney 3-year-old comes out in you.
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A U.S. Senator should have the same right as a member of the Knesset...to disagree with any government when its actions may not be in the United States' interest.
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My first day as a manager was at Digital Equipment in Atlanta. I was a sales rep. I was promoted from among my peers, so one day I was a peer, and the next day I was their boss.
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I'm the girl who will show up in jeans no matter what - but the jeans can get fancier and fancier.
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You are responsible for how your life turns out, and your attitude shapes that life for better or worse.
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The more abysmal the experience of the actual, the greater the implied heights of the virtual.
