Ben Lerner Quotes
But this was true only for the duration of one of these seemingly durationless periods; figure and ground could be reversed, and when one was in the midst of some new intensity, kiss or concussion, one was suddenly composed exclusively of such moments, burning always with this hard, gemlike flame.
Ben Lerner
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Great achievers are driven, not so much by the pursuit of success, but by the fear of failure.
Larry Ellison
Everything great glitters, glitter begets ambition, and ambition can easily have caused the inspiration or what we thought to be inspiration. But reason can no longer restrain one who is lured by the fury of ambition. He tumbles where his vehement drive calls him; no longer does he choose his position, but rather chance and luster determine it.
Karl Marx
I closed the door like so many times, so many times beforeFelt like a scene on the cutting room floorWhen I let you walk away tonight without a wordI tried to sleep but the clock is stuck on thoughts of you and meA thousand more regrets unravelingIf you were here right now, I swear I'd tell you this
Backstreet Boys
During one new moon at perigee, I stood on high ground, watching salt ponds overflow, cover the beach, and meet the ocean. Because the moon was invisible, the water was black as it drowned the sand, and the event felt primal - which in fact it was, because it was nature.
Luanne Rice
I listen to a lot of old stuff like Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, and The Temptations.
Brett Davern
I just finished writing an essay about William Maxwell, an American writer whose work I admire very much.
Donna Tartt
Another thing that really excites me: I'd like to do multiple versions of the same film.
Steven Soderbergh
Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.
Jane Austen
When you step outside of school and have to teach yourself about life, you develop a different relationship to information. I've never been a purely linear thinker. You can see it in my rhymes. My mind is always jumping around, restless, making connections, mixing and matching ideas, rather than marching in a straight line. That's why I'm always stressing focus. My thoughts chase each other from room to room in my head if I let them, so sometimes I have to slow myself down.
Jay-Z
The happy man in this life needs friends.
Thomas Aquinas
But this was true only for the duration of one of these seemingly durationless periods; figure and ground could be reversed, and when one was in the midst of some new intensity, kiss or concussion, one was suddenly composed exclusively of such moments, burning always with this hard, gemlike flame.
Ben Lerner
