Ben Lerner Quotes
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I had such an amazing time filming 'Major Movie Star.' I loved everyone in the cast. They all brought their own spirit to the film, and I hope that is what will be seen on screen.
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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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When I'm in 'Man vs. Wild' mode, it's not pleasure. Every sensor is firing and I'm on reserve power all the time and I'm digging deep - and that's the magic of it as well, and that's raw and it's great.
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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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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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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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And I tell you that's one of the reasons why I didn't have the friendships with the media, maybe like I could have. But I had to do what I had to do to make myself successful.
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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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If the part isn't always there on the page, I've had good relationships with writers where there's an openness to bring more to the role.
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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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Some chick came up to me and said something, so I kicked her in the box and shoved her.
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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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People say human nature is a very vague expression, people tend to say human nature is corruptible anyway and it comes from a theological point of view, goes back to the Garden of Eden, that there is always this corrupt gene waiting to be activated that we inherited from the very beginning. I don't believe in that theological excuse.
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I am sick and tired of the process where everybody tells you that Indian companies don't have the technology and capability. We need to put money where our mouth is and make things happen, and that is what we are trying to do.
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Conventional wisdom suggests the primary motivator for entrepreneurs is money or wealth creation and, in fact, much of the political debate tends to center around what kind of tax or regulatory policy changes will turn corporate suits into small business adventurers overnight.
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Beautiful men and women with distorted shadows came and scorched their handprints onto doors before vanishing skyward, drafts of heat billowing behind them with the whumph of unseen wings. Here and there, feathers fell, and they were like tufts of white fire, disintegrating to ash as soon as they touched the ground.
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Eroticism is born at a time in civilisation when sexual instinct becomes deanimalised and enriched with contributions from art and from literature. A world of theatricality emerges around the act of love.
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Art has to offer something other than stylized despair.
