Ben Lerner Quotes
And because his narrator was characterized above all by his anxiety regarding the disconnect between his internal experience and his social self-presentation.
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I've always thought that a good book should be either the entry point inward, to learn about yourself, or a door outward, to open you up to new worlds.
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There can be no literary equivalent to truth.
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I feel very grateful to be alive and well enough to make music.
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You are God's own masterpiece! That means you are not ordinary or average; you are a one-of-a-kind original.
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I just felt that you can't have a character fall in love so madly as they did in the last movie and not finish it off, understand it, get some closure. That's why the movie is called 'Quantum of Solace' - that's exactly what he's looking for.
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From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre - the actors just seemed to be having so much fun. One of my worries about theatre, in fact, is that the actors are quite often having more fun than the audience.
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I love Adele; she's a timeless, classic beauty. I think she's beautiful. She's just a real woman.
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I used to be able to think. My brain's circuits were all connected, and I had spark, a quickness of mind that let me function well in the world.
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I only hope that one day, America will recognize what the rest of the world already has known, that our indigenous music - gospel, blues, jazz and R&B - is the heart and soul of all popular music; and that we cannot afford to let this legacy slip into obscurity, I'm telling you.
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To have a sense of style, it shows you know yourself. People like that.
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Let's not give the electoral process so much importance. We have to be cynical about it. Let's give importance to the real democracy that's constructed on a day-to-day basis. That's my hopeful perspective on it.
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I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action.
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In art, S. Bridget is usually represented with her perpetual flame as a symbol, sometimes with a column of fire, said to have been seen above her head when she took the veil.
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Failure means a stripping away of the inessential.
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A 'farm' today means 100,000 chickens in a space the size of a Motel 6 shower stall.
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Contrary to popular view, I've never been patronized in the Middle East. Men maybe treat women differently, but they do not treat them with disrespect. They don't hate women. It's a very different kind of mentality.
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I'm a little girl; no one wants to beat up on me.
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The anti-New Deal line is wrong as a matter of economics. F.D.R.'s spending programs did help the economy and created millions of new jobs.
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Rosa Parks' entire career has been one as working as a civil rights activist.
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Our self image, strongly held, essentially determines what we become.
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It's from our sufferings that we form our consciousness.
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Negative thinking patterns can be immensely deceptive and persuasive, and change is rarely easy. But with patience and persistence, I believe that nearly all individuals suffering from depression can improve and experience a sense of joy and self-esteem once again.
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Your heart... it's a very fragile muscle. You have to take care of it, be old-fashioned about it.
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And because his narrator was characterized above all by his anxiety regarding the disconnect between his internal experience and his social self-presentation.
