Ben Lerner Quotes
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I suffer from a more complex, persistent fear. It manifests itself in nerves, and on film the camera sees even the tiniest evidence of this. So you have to learn that when the director calls 'Action,' you don't go to this place of tension, but somehow you become free.
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Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'
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I believe it is universally understood and acknowledged that all men will ever act correctly, unless they have a motive to do otherwise.
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Rarely do we stop and consider whether the most prestigious of institutions is always in our best interest.
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I only use my sick days for hang-overs and soap opera weddings.
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I love sailing but hate cruise ships.
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Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.
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The list of problems that we all experience may be endless, but I honestly cannot abide by the rule that, 'He who yells louder is heard.'
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Life is not over because you have diabetes. Make the most of what you have, be grateful.
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I went to private school my whole life. Growing up in Los Angeles, you're surrounded by not just Connecticut privilege but, like, your-dad's-a-movie-star privilege.
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There are no silos at 'Frontline.' Our digital team works with our filmmakers, and our filmmakers work with our digital team. They're always in touch, and they're always talking.
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I'm a dad, and I can tell you it's the most beautiful thing in the world.
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Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, for there are plenty of others.
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Success doesn't necessarily come from breakthrough innovation but from flawless execution. A great strategy alone won't win a game or a battle; the win comes from basic blocking and tackling.
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The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.
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I'm crazy, and I don't pretend to be anything else.
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I didn't own a cell phone for a long time. I was late in the game on that.
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At school I used to avoid dance lessons. They were the worst.
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If you take away the gift of reading, you create the gift of listening.
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As a black woman in a nation that has taken too many pains to remind me that I am not a white man and am not capable of taking care of my reproductive rights or my voting rights, I know that this American god ain't my god.
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God made all pleasures innocent.
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When you do well in a movie that's seen as really great, you're revitalized for six weeks.
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I didn't want to write another book about fraudulence.
