Ben Lerner Quotes
Happy were the ages when the starry sky was the map of all possible paths, ages of such perfect social integration that no drug was required to link the hero to the whole.
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A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.
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I thought it's very funny that I ended up as a voiceover guy because when I started out as an actor, I had a very strong Long Island accent.
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I was always used to being centre stage - something that had its good and bad points.
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Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This is because in part what they have to say is new to the general public, and the new is always alarming.
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They thought I was a success as soon as I started paying the bills.
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Actors aren't all the same. They have very different skills. There are actors of intellect who are very thoughtful about everything they do... and then there are actors of instinct who don't know what they're doing until the cameras roll... My father was actually quite thoughtful about what he did, while my mother was much more instinctual.
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I have no regrets. I've got my health.
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Technology determines the possibilities of society. It doesn't matter whether you start out from a fascist state or a communist state or a free-market state.
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The problem of suffering is: why is there the suffering we know?
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I was a baseball fan myself, I wanted to play baseball.
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On the approach of spring I withdraw without reluctance from the noisy and extensive scene of crowds without company, and dissipation without pleasure.
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I had this dream to be a rapper when I was younger.
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It's when you're true to yourself that resonates with other people.
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I love telling stories. I don't really think in terms of clear 'aims.'
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What you have with Mr. Trump is you have a clear leader, a person who - he said it best - is not going to be toyed with.
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In December 2012, the U.S. 9th district court granted a temporary injunction to the Japanese whalers that ordered the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society U.S.A. to not approach within 500 yards of the whaling vessels.
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And if people do like me, I think it's because I'm a stand-up guy.
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My parents were immigrants.
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I'll never have a best friend who is a man. It just doesn't work that way. So many times young girls will be like, 'I'm a guy's girl.' And I'm like, 'No, you're not. There's no way a man can understand you like a woman, and you're a guy's girl because you're threatened by other women.' I was like that.
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It's a blue-collar city Manchester that's transitioning into a white collar place and people are getting priced out.
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I don't sit in the corner waiting for death: death has to pursue me. I'm going strong. I hope to reach 100 and ask for an extension, just like my grandmother did.
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When my kids are happy, I am happy.
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I'm just not interested in selling out to get on the charts and make people happy.
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Happy were the ages when the starry sky was the map of all possible paths, ages of such perfect social integration that no drug was required to link the hero to the whole.
