Ben Lerner Quotes
…the threshold between the hospital and its outside was like a threshold between worlds, between media.
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One of the problems of writing and working and looking at the Internet is that it's very hard to separate fashion from deep change.
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Fortunately during my career I have won more or less everything, so I need to enjoy it to have the right motivation.
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I think from a very young age I always have this desire to perform.
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My stories are Alaska stories, and they need to be told in Alaska. Evergreen Films is located in Alaska; the company does amazing work, and I am thrilled at the prospect of working together.
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Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit.
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I had learning disabilities, and I couldn't express myself in the written word.
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When I severe my connections with the A.I.A. I do so with my own self respect, as a matter of pride and I am sure within your knowledge of my character.
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Everybody has their idiosyncrasies.
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I haven't had many relationships.
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I like writing for teenagers because they're not snobs.
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I don't go out of the way to take special care of myself.
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When women's parts are being written, they are more and more for under 30s who are nubile and beautiful. Actresses over 40 are finding very little happening.
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I thrive with fashion and shopping and imports and things like that. It gives me a rush. I love Barneys New York and Neiman Marcus and all the top-of-the-line houses.
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There is overwhelming bipartisan support outside of Washington that we need to finally secure our borders, enforce our laws, and stop the problem of illegal immigration.
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Some of the authorities would like to remove rhythmic gymnastics from the list of Olympic sports and turn it into art. I think this would be wrong, as rhythmic gymnastics is a true sport - we train around six hours per day and sometimes spend entire days in the gym.
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Although there's a lot of focus on the Lib Dems, we need to keep our eyes on the far right of the Tories, who I suspect will become increasingly impatient in their appetite for tax cuts, deregulation and shrinking the state even further.
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My family didn't like me going on the stage, and they didn't much like my being a writer, either.
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I will never let money from anyone affect what I do.
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I believe that restraint in developing possible nuclear weapon delivery systems is in the long-term interest of India and the region.
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I guess you could say I'm a model slash hotelier slash actor slash screenwriter.
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We stopped eating meat many years ago. During the course of a Sunday lunch we happened to look out of the kitchen window at our young lambs playing happily in the fields. Glancing down at our plates, we suddenly realized that we were eating the leg of an animal who had until recently been playing in a field herself. We looked at each other and said, "Wait a minute, we love these sheep-they're such gentle creatures. So why are we eating them?" It was the last time we ever did.
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We as fighters always want to fight the best possible opponents and the best fights. We want the fans and media to be excited about the fights that we have. I now believe that this is a big fight and people want to see it, I'm not sure that was the case a few years back.
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…the threshold between the hospital and its outside was like a threshold between worlds, between media.
