Ben Sollee Quotes
I'm in a position I never imagined I'd be in as a musician. Bob Dylan built an audience through recording and live shows. The opportunities for an artist today are totally different.
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I am telling you, if you ever wanted an ego boost, leave your job and then, six months later, come back for a day. People will treat you like you're a princess.
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My dad played guitar, and he taught me enough to play some Beatles' songs. But primarily, I was a bookworm. I loved reading and still do. My whole family does. It was part of the family culture. Accomplished literacy was a value.
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I've been terrified of the water, and yet it seems I'm forced to go into in on every movie that I make.
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I loved theatre and did magic, too, but I was never the best at it - there was never a teacher saying, 'You're great, you have to make this your career!' I was good at science and math. I figured I'd go into science and become a dentist.
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People think, 'Jack, you do too much.'
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The differences between friends cannot but reinforce their friendship.
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I'm dyslexic, and it takes me longer to memorize and to embody the character so I can really own it.
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I've already established my (political)machinery. It's like a car. It's fixed already. You just have to get in and drive it.
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It's my deepest interest as an actor: I love discovering how human beings work, how their flaws reveal themselves - how to learn and grow from that - and how characters teach me things as a woman and as a parent.
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It is time that we provide clarity for our seniors, informing them of the services available that will lower the costs of their prescription drugs and strengthen the overall integrity of the Medicare entitlement.
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Today, many people are engaging in same sex relationships and saying they are not gay.
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There's something really cool about TV. TV, you get the luxury of having the same people around. It is such a blessing when you get a TV job. You really have a chance to get to make, like, work friends. I think TV is one of the few mediums where I've had the opportunity to get to know my crew members.
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I go into a young film director's office these days and he says, 'Hey man, I know who you are. I grew up watching 'McHale's Navy'. And I think, 'Oh boy, here we go again'.
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Attention, it just comes and goes. Since we don't have a major label, it's like, what are we gonna do next? You have to make your own decisions.
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It's been a dream of mine to run my own summer camp. I went to one as a kid, and I put on productions, and got lots of confidence.
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There are very few things in the body that nitric oxide doesn't regulate.
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Although, you know it's been really nice to wear the Olympic kit, I'm looking forward to wearing non-sports, feminine clothes.
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Giving the control over powerful AI to the highest bidder is unlikely to lead to the best world we can imagine.
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I think that the music industry is such an interesting place, and there are so many situations that people don't know about.
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I started off in comedy, but that's just where I got my work. I've always been an actor.
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The Almighty appeared on earth as a helpless human baby, needing to be fed and changed and taught to talk like any other child. The more you think about it, the more staggering it gets. Nothing in fiction is so fantastic as this truth of the Incarnation.
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We all talk to ourselves. A major key to success exists in what we say to ourselves, which helps to shape our attitude and mindset.
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I'm in a position I never imagined I'd be in as a musician. Bob Dylan built an audience through recording and live shows. The opportunities for an artist today are totally different.
