Benjamin Stone Quotes
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We share a wonderful, I think, physical or geographical heritage.
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It's an evolution. The same team doesn't always dominate, and it goes in cycles.
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I hope I can compete in one or two Olympics in my career. Of course I would like to win a medal, but just being there would be awesome.
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I went to New York City to Columbia University, and with the first directing exercise, I knew I was a director.
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'Fargo' is one of my favorite movies.
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I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.
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My grandfather would live to see his children become doctors and ministers, accounts and professors.
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So even though I consider myself a fairly upbeat person, energetic and things like that, I never do very well on happiness tests.
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When I'm on vacation here in the States, I can do all kinds of stuff; I can train and keep busy.
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The thing about kids is that they express emotion. They don't hold back. If they want to cry, they cry, and if they are in a good mood, they're in a good mood.
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I try to say something about the human condition whenever I can when I'm lucky.
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I get ideas for my books from people I know and what happens to them, from places I've been and what happens to me, and from things I read.
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Why is it that right-wing bastards always stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity, while liberals fall out among themselves?
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I have this group of friends that I'll send my scripts to before I send them to a large audience.
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I honestly wondered how on earth I would manage to combine work and motherhood.
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I tried working odd jobs that had nothing to do with creating, and it was difficult for me. In the end, I just always loved movies. When I'm making a film, I feel most alive, like I'm doing the right thing, and I'm in the place where I need to be.
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I have Graham Greene's telephone number, but I wouldn't dream of using it. I don't seek out writers because we all want to be alone.
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You realize mortality is everywhere.
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Saigon, U.S.A. aptly documents the birth of a new American community, uprooted in the aftermath of war and forever torn apart by the wounds of the past, yet one capable of healing against all odds. An engrossing yet succinct film that captures not only a major incident in Vietnamese American life, but also an important chapter of American history. A profound film that manages to confront us with the deepest sorrow while allowing us to be hopeful about what it means to be human.
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I felt the exultancy of a man just released from slavery and ready to set the universe on fire.
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There is inestimable blessing in a cheerful spirit. When the soul throws its windows wide open, letting in the sunshine, and presenting to all who see it the evidence of its gladness, it is not only happy, but it has an unspeakable power of doing good.
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Vulnerability isn't a bad thing. Everyone's vulnerable and it only makes you human.
