Ben Lerner Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.
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I love working the legislative process.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family... they are nearly always seen as victims.
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I think it is perfectly natural for any artist to admire intensely and love a young man. It is an incident in the life of almost every artist.
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There is lasting kindness in Heaven when no kindness is found upon earth.
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I'm not a universalist, and the way I talk about final loss is this: People worship idols - money, whatever. Their humanness gets reshaped around the idol - you become like what you worship. That's one of the basic spiritual laws.
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The American dream is more about opportunity than anything else.
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Life is fleeting, and permanence in this world is something we all strive for. The best way to achieve permanence is through philanthropy.
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Writing and directing, to me, was the logical evolution from my life as an actor: going from telling someone else's story to actually creating my own. Perhaps one day I will do all three: write, direct, and act in the same production. That might get a little hectic, though.
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I wanted to become an illustrator as a child.
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Do stuff that scares you on a regular basis. I think it's good for the body and for the mind.
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I am smarter because I stayed in school, and I am a better football player.
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I don't tend to do much with my lips. My lips are naturally very pink, so if I add any more colour, it looks like I've been smacked in the mouth!
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If we're going to reach a broader audience, we have to stop thinking about that audience strictly in terms of teenage boys or even teenage girls. We need to think about things that are relevant to normal humans and not just the geeks we used to be.
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I like John McCain. He can always be counted on for a good quote.
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If a woman isn't being hazed, she's not being tested; therefore, she is not being trusted.
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75: The computing field is always in need of new cliches: Banality sooths our nerves.
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Supersonic airplanes have carried men at more than 2,000 miles per hour and there are reasons to believe that this speed will be doubled by 1960 or so.
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So they crucified their Messiah? Well can I believe it. That He was a Son of the Living Spirit would be naught to them, if indeed He was so.... They would care little for any God if he came not with pomp and power.
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The quiet square seemed busy with their ghosts, their stories, and it made me feel peaceful in some arcane way. Life had washed me here on this strange errand. Maybe the best thing to do was to just let it show me what it had in mind.
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The real point is that totalitarian regimes have claimed jurisdiction over the whole person, and the whole society, and they don't at all believe that we should give unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and unto God that which is God's.
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Ask God to show you any changes you need to make in your relationships. And make sure your closest relationship continues to be with Jesus Himself.
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Just in case God isn't dead, our astronauts carry sidearms.
