Ben Weaver Quotes
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The only way to find out why someone decides to engage in armed combat is to look at their individual personality.
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We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them.
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I have always said that often the religion you were born with becomes more important to you as you see the universality of truth.
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The Nobel Peace Prize has always been a joke - albeit a grim one. Alfred Bernhard Nobel famously invented dynamite and felt sorry about it.
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To me, 'The End of the Jews' - both the title and the novel itself - is about the end of pat, uncritical ways of understanding oneself in the world.
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I actually started in comedy, but then after 'Deadwood' I started concentrating on the dramas more. But then I just got tired for raping and killing and figured, 'It's time to do another comedy.'
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Now we have new tools for exploring the deep and have to pull together a deep exploration program that takes advantage of them.
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People say sometimes, gosh, that was brave of you to write such-and-such last week. 'Brave?' What do they mean 'brave?' It's right! How could you not write it?
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When in doubt, do it.
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I did telemarketing for years, starting at the age of 16, just selling steak knives to old people. Old people go through a weird amount of steak knives. I also sold straight meat over the telephone.
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I mean... directing is a holy, unpleasant experience, to be perfectly honest.
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I stay away from the elf roles; I stay away from playing a leprechaun. All the roles I try to do are something that an average actor would do.
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There's always a reason not to do anything... to flee the need to make decisions.
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Any political party that includes the word 'democratic' in its name, isn't.
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The problem is that you can't really read a script saying, 'Hmmm, I'll just see what this is.' You have to go right into it; you have to get engaged with it, and once you are engaged, you want to do it! It's really difficult to get uninvolved.
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Even the bad things are better than they used to be. Bad music, for instance, has gotten much briefer. Wagner's Ring Cycle takes four days to perform while 'Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm' by the Crash Test Dummies lasts little more than three minutes.
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Greenpeace is the world's largest feel-good organisation now, and I can say that 'cause I am one of their co-founders.
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I don't want expensive gifts; I don't want to be bought. I have everything I want. I just want someone to be there for me, to make me feel safe and secure.
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I assume physical constraints notwithstanding, Bonds will play the whole year.
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I dream about 'Cheers.' Like when you go on a diet and you dream of pizza. I always think of those wonderful years. I loved working on it.
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Indeed, the Muslims have all the social evils of the Hindus and something more. That something more is the compulsory system of purdah for Muslim women. These burka women walking in the streets is one of the most hideous sights one can witness in India.
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He's a serious mister Shake his hand and he'll twist your arm. With Monopoly money We'll be buying the funny farm. So I'll do flips, and get paid in chips From a diamond as big as the Ritz - Then I'm calling it quits.
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Things happen the way they’re supposed to happen. The most difficult part right now is trying to figure out how to get it to fans without being able to do some of the shows, the listening party, and everything.
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The world is a diamond cut from our surprise.
