Ben Lerner Quotes
The collective effort of repression was tremendous, made the alcohol indispensable. An intense but contentless optimism about the future was the only protection against the recent past, in which all the regimes of value had collapsed, irradiated or gassed.
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It amazes me that talking about traditional values is controversial, but it seems to be.
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I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.
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Even the worst Bond movies, there's something to love about them.
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The great fights with your strongest rivals are always the biggest motivation. When you win easily it's not the same taste.
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I've always had an interest in doing something that was outside my comfort zone; I had this thing about standing on the edge of the cliff and deciding to jump.
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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I want people to learn what democracy means.
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For over ten years I always had, but I don't speak English.
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I am a messiah. Ask anyone on the Internet.
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It is every one's sacred duty to keep himself in a condition to do the biggest thing possible to him.
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The average Englishman has no idea of the dynamism in the music scene here.
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Be good to others, that will protect you against evil.
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I'm interested in everything. I don't see why Borges can't work along with Neil Gaiman, or Stephen King can't be mixed with Balzac. It's just storytelling; it's different ways of using codes and images and words and sounds.
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I'm the nicest, most loyal person in the world when it comes to my friends.
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Every time I go to big events, it's a trip. I feel like that kid who shouldn't really be there.
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Our interests are indeed common European interests, and the only way to serve them is by common means. That is why all Europeans, and all E.U. member states, have a collective responsibility to strengthen our Union.
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Schön war ich auch, und das war mein Verderben.
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Looking so cool, his greed is hard to conceal, he's fresh out of law school, you gave him a license to steal.
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Go to any hospital, you'll find wards that are run by senior nurses with matrons. The point is do they have the power, do they have the responsibility inside the hospital?
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Music is art, and once you become an artist, you need to learn how to accept criticism.
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A mortal lives not through that breath that flows in and that flows out. The source of his life is another and this causes the breath to flow.
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When a heretic wishes to avoid martyrdom he speaks of 'Orthodoxy, True and False' and demonstrates that the True is his heresy.
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Travelling was a big part of my childhood and one that I value very much. In some respects, I can't help but be a bit of a gypsy as an adult. I get fidgety if I'm in one place for longer than three months.
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The collective effort of repression was tremendous, made the alcohol indispensable. An intense but contentless optimism about the future was the only protection against the recent past, in which all the regimes of value had collapsed, irradiated or gassed.
