Ben Lerner Quotes
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Lyrics are so important, I hate every second of writing them, but it's something I take great pride in when it's finished.
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Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.
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I have a theory that if you're famous more years than you're not famous, then you get a little nutty.
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And so, the youngsters you have today, even though there are far fewer of them - in World War II 16.5 million men and women in uniform, today roughly a million in uniform in spite of the fact that the country is almost twice as large a population as we had in World War II.
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I am permanently relaxed.
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I did not think I would be able to do myself justice if I had to speak to the players in English. I would not be able to get my emotions and feelings across.
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It takes a lot of courage to face up to things you can't do because we feed ourselves so much denial.
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My physical transformations - like changing my hair - are usually a reflection of what's inspiring me at the moment.
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Why push people away? I love when people come up to me and say they appreciate the work!
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Teachers are very undervalued for what they do.
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Was die Menschen unter den andern Bildungen der Erde, das sind die Künstler unter den Menschen.
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Do you know that my personal crusade in life (in the philosophical sense) is not merely to fight collectivism, nor to fight altruism? These are only consequences, effects, not causes. I am out after the real cause, the real root of evil on earth - the irrational.
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So nice to be a fashion icon in my day.
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If you don't take your clothes seriously, why should your viewers take you seriously?
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One of the skills I had to learn and become proficient in is kissing a man. I had never kissed a man. Will Smith did it in his movies, so did Jake Gyllenhaal, and I figured it was my time. So it was me and Steve Carell - fantastic.
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Like tens of millions of Americans, I will not vote for Hillary Clinton and desire to vote for a bold, conservative leader.
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I was very dramatic - very, like, 'It's never going to happen. My life is over at 16 because I'm not already famous. I'm not going to get my record deal. I'm not going to be able to sing for a living.'
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To me, it's a different kind of voter suppression to constantly try to make people feel like the election is over before it's even begun.
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The luck will alter and the star will rise.
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Tu dolor es tan grande que no debiera dolerte.
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Getting to work with Edie Falco and watching her be a quiet presence - but a very powerful presence - and so brilliant and free? That was the first person I saw where I was like, 'I want to emulate that.'
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I was obsessed with the idea of fasting and isolation.
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Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization; it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of heroic beauty in the vast gallery of man's cruelty and baseness.
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Art has to offer something other than stylized despair.
