Ben Lerner Quotes
I don't think it's always a sign of respect for persons (inside or outside of fiction) to pretend to be able to represent, to have access to, their multi-dimensionality at every moment. That doesn't imply people aren't multi-dimensional.
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I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries.
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I've been reading tabloids since I was nine. I love a good story.
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I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school.
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When someone was hitting me, or like sexually molesting me, it just seemed normal to continue to do that to myself.
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I have had someone ask me to sign their 'Team Taylor' panties. She wasn't a teenager. She was in her 40s.
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What is exciting is not for one person to be stronger than the other... but for two people to have met their match and yet they are equally as stubborn, as obstinate, as passionate, as crazy as the other.
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I'm always singing and dancing and getting up in people's faces.
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I mean, I like to consider myself a reasonably athletic guy.
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Story and plot, not historical facts, are the engine of a novel, but I was committed to working through the grain of actual history and coming to something, an overall effect, which approximated truth.
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I've done a lot of things in a business where you're lucky to stay alive, so when the time comes, I'll be happy to pass my knowledge along and help someone else.
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I like teaching and the contact with young minds keeps one on one's toes.
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I want more women to run countries. There'd be more peace on Earth.
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I just don't get death at all. Yes, it's there. But I don't get it.
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Life is our dictionary.
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Nowadays, the truth is, I think a lot of the newer generation of action stars usually are pretty self-deprecating and cool. I mean, Dwayne Johnson is a great example.
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To seek the highest good is to live well.
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With thrillers, there's such a fine line between what's good and what's cheesy and corny.
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The beauty you see in me is a reflection of you.
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We can have reasonable, thoughtful gun control measure that I think respect the Second Amendment and people's traditions.
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Be adorable always to each other; respect is everlasting.
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My mom has always said that the one thing she wishes she had done differently is have a job. She felt like the single-mindedness made her a little nuts sometimes, and she could have used an outlet for herself when we were little.
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If you are afraid to write or edit or assemble or disassemble, you are merely a spectator. And you are trapped, trapped by the instructions of those you've chosen to follow. Twenty people in the field and eighty thousand in the stands. The spectators are the ones who paid to watch, but it's the player on the field who are truly alive.
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I don't think it's always a sign of respect for persons (inside or outside of fiction) to pretend to be able to represent, to have access to, their multi-dimensionality at every moment. That doesn't imply people aren't multi-dimensional.
