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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It was very hard for me to practice and enjoy my tennis, and I didn't know the why, so I worked with psychologists to try and see what was happening. They pushed me really hard.
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I think my parents see my life now as very conservative.
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India has to be transformed into a developed nation, a prosperous nation and a healthy nation, with a value system.
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I was always used to being centre stage - something that had its good and bad points.
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No one's better than me. I'm not better than anyone. Whether it's Eric Clapton or BB King we look straight at each other. And that keeps it real.
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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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Always give your best and try to figure out how to do an even better job.
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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'm so afraid of confrontation.
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Do you remember campaigns like 'Keep America beautiful'? What about 'Buckle up'? I believe we need an approach like this to attack obesity. Let's be a good industry that does 100% of what it possibly can - not grudgingly, but willingly.
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I remain deeply concerned about falling wages and the lack of good jobs for Americans. Too many of our citizens are either stuck in place or falling behind, and too often their needs are forgotten.
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If you carefully consider what you want to be said of you in the funeral experience, you will find your definition of success.
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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.
