Ben Miller Quotes
Probably one of the reasons I became a comedian is that you get a chance to control when people laugh at you.
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I think the country is very settled in a lot of ways, and we saw that after the Democratic Convention. I think a lot of the bump that we enjoyed came when John Kerry selected John Edwards as his running mate.
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In my opinion - in Georgia, there's a town called Lula. And Lula, Georgia, has the best peaches.
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Hair is a huge part of who I am and what I obsess over - I've had long hair my entire life.
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The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath.
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The end of secrecy would be the end of the novel - especially the English novel. The English novel requires social secrecy, personal secrecy.
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When I was rising eighteen I persuaded my parents to let me return to Australia and at least see whether I could adapt myself to life on the land before going up to Cambridge.
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I'd never even been to Wrigley Field. I never even enjoyed baseball that much, but I loved being there, the crowd was lovely, and they all sang with me!
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Brunch, for me, is an extended breakfast that should be enjoyed whenever you have time properly to engage in cooking and eating.
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If we were poor, we didn't know it 'cause I guess you don't miss what you never had. So, you know, we made do with whatever. We used to make our own toys, and we used to play with spinning tops and marbles. A pocket full of marbles, and you were rich - you didn't worry about no money.
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I feel like I've forcefully been thrust into the tech world, and I've enjoyed every minute of it.
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If you use tact you can say anything, then make it funny.
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Most ballets are more interesting than most men.
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I did stand-up comedy for seventeen years. I need to explore other things.
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Well I think in all the thirty years I've been doing this now and being gone from home and all that stuff it's really, it's not about what I've achieved and if I've become a better player, or played better ten years ago than I do today.
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I never do research unless it's extraordinary circumstances.
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I'm really comfortable with myself.
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I think it's great that young girls have the WNBA to look up to now.
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Movies, I don't really get the bad guys. In theater, I get more bad guys. Both audiences and directors are more willing... to allow people to stretch. In movies, you do one thing, and then that's their reference.
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May you find INSPIRATION in the big picture, but may you find LOVE in the details.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not.
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Every argument for Negro suffrage is an argument for women's suffrage.
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Our brain is essentially programmed to enjoy carbohydrates because they give us a sense of fullness and a rush of pleasure. When people go on low-carb diets, they start to almost subconsciously experience distress from eating carbohydrates.
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Probably one of the reasons I became a comedian is that you get a chance to control when people laugh at you.
