Ben Miller Quotes
It was only in the second year of my Ph.D. that I started acting. I wasn't in school plays or anything; I was in bands, but I wasn't cool. There's no such thing as a cool physics person, is there?
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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I am a little obsessed with surprise kitty.
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I did not know I was a Midwesterner until I got there. I just fell in love with the people.
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I wasn't really excited about doing television, to be quite honest.
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We are very committed to putting forward a really bold message for the state of Colorado.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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You measure a government by how few people need help.
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Hanging out with my girlfriends is my sanity saver. We go out for a bad chick flick and dinner. I suggest you break free from the guys, see a really silly, girly movie, and get a little something to eat afterwards. It feels like a treat.
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Miguel has this Prince, Marvin Gaye, old-school feel that I love.
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I don't want to be idealized by a patient because of what I've written.
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We imbue deserts and the tundra with menace because nothing, or little, grows there.
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Facebook now is mostly about people you know. In the future it could be about people you know less but are more important.
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Even as a partisan Republican, I'm not sure a 40-year run is healthy for either party.
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I don't believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to do anything he likes, the artist ends up doing nothing at all. If there's one thing that's dangerous for an artist, it's precisely this question of total freedom, waiting for inspiration and the rest of it.
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In America, you complain about job losses because of China, but here, we carry all of the environmental costs.
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Working on 'Austin and Ally' has been an absolute dream! We literally have fun every single day! Whether it's scaring each other or singing together or just hanging out in each other's dressing rooms, the cast and I are super close! I feel really lucky to be with everyone on our set!
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I can tell you all kinds of moral tales, but fashion and reality are vaguely different.
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What value is there in faith without works? And what are they worth if they are not united to the merits of Jesus Christ, our only good?
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I wasn't in a lot of rock and roll bands. I was in jug bands and things when I was in school.
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I start lighting pine-scented candles the day after Halloween.
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I always have a book that I use that somehow inspires my novels.
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Pearls, including cheap ones, are always in good taste.
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At thirty-five, having spent over twenty years running varied businesses for my family, I decided to sit down and write my first novel. I had never written anything longer than a couple of pages till then and was foolishly attempting to write a hundred-thousand words.
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It was only in the second year of my Ph.D. that I started acting. I wasn't in school plays or anything; I was in bands, but I wasn't cool. There's no such thing as a cool physics person, is there?
