Ben Lerner Quotes
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Fortunately there is more wealth in the world than there was at the time of the global economic crisis of 1929 - Chinese, Indian, Arab and Russian.
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The CIA now assesses that four nations - Iraq, North Korea, Russia and, to the surprise of some specialists, France - have undeclared samples of the smallpox virus.
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I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and I have always carried on this way.
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Advertising ministers to the spiritual side of trade. It is great power that has been entrusted to your keeping which charges you with the high responsibility of inspiring and ennobling the commercial world. It is all part of the greater work of the regeneration and redemption of mankind.
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I'm not musically inclined. It blows my mind that people can write music. I don't have that talent; I look up to the people that do.
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In the hands of good writers, you have the opportunity to present both sides of an opinion equally and that you leave it to the audience to listen and then make up their own minds.
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I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
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I'm probably the most negative person around.
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When we violate the law ourselves, whatever short-term advantage may be gained, we are obviously encouraging others to violate the law; we thus encourage disorder and instability and thereby do incalculable damage to our own long-term interests.
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I'm a novelist, and I'm a woman, and I'm considered to be a serious author whether I like it or not.
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People have always tut-tutted about actors stepping out of line politically. And I can sort of see it because what you've got your fame for is not being someone who can influence things, so it's cheating.
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I was singing before I started acting. As a kid, I would always perform at the big family parties.
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I like to say I'm determined; some people would call it stubborn. It depends on your perspective.
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Leaving a great organization and a lucrative contract is not easy, but it allows me to take a deep breath and work on things that can make me a better driver and a better person.
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Students often approached me about state-paid tuition while I was out campaigning. After I explained to them that if the state pays their tuition now, they will pay higher taxes to pay other people's tuition for the rest of their lives, most of them ended up agreeing with me.
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A man may be as much a fool from the want of sensibility as the want of sense.
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Where we are as a nation is due to having an openness to the people of the world. It's incredibly important. I firmly believe that we cannot shut our borders to immigrants. I think a fair and just immigration policy is good for our country and good for our society.
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People tune into court shows because they want to learn something and see resolution quickly.
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My mom kicked me out a couple of weeks before my 18th birthday. I had a job for about six, seven months at a supermarket, and they fired me for being late.
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It's great living with your best friends.
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I like everybody at 'Criminal Minds.' I would like to guest star, but I don't know if that is in the cards.
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I arrived in California with no job, no car, and no money, but, like millions of other girls, a dream.
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California is a great big nation of one They never knew what they wanted ’til it was already gone
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Are there are fireflies on the West Coast? I never saw any when I lived in California.
