Benjamin Stone Quotes
Being constantly surprised about what nature can create, that inspires me beyond belief.
Quotes to Explore
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Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.
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Every time I do a talk show or something, I'll be like, 'I'm doing 'Chandelier,' right?' and they're like, 'No, you're doing a skit and three dances.' It's different every time. I never really know what I'm doing until the day before.
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There's a lot of animals in the open ocean - most of them that make light. And we have a pretty good idea, for most of them, why. They use it for finding food, for attracting mates, for defending against predators. But when you get down to the bottom of the ocean, that's where things get really strange.
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She wanted us to feel we were above everyone in the town. She really did tell us that we were related to Chief Justice John Marshall, and that may have been true. I never did bother to find out.
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Medicine, you have to take it. A vitamin is nice to have, but honestly, you can skip it.
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I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
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I would rather be the tail of a lion than the head of a mouse.
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TV news is what you want it to be, and if you want it to be different, take a look at what you watch.
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The exciting results from the Hubble, other satellites and probes would not have been possible without innovative solutions to many technical problems.
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Mum asks why I am so often cast in adulterous roles. I think it must be because I am fairly flirty.
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In a situation where it's the child or the adult, I'm going with the child.
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It is always challenging bowling abroad - you don't get much spin, bounce. You do get bounce, but you don't get sideways spin. It is always drifting kind of spin you get.
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The preparation for building a series of thrillers based on a single character is kind of like the preparation for becoming a parent: The best part is the idea - wink, wink.
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The reward of a thing well done is having done it.
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I think I tried to control situations within my first marriage and I wasn't the easiest person to live with.
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Anytime you're writing stories about a group of people with whom you have limited experience, there's a lot of guesswork.
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Much of the magical effect that poetry gives of rendering everything it touches pellucid comes from the necessity of compression that it imposes. The impossibility of pausing in poetry as long as may be needed to make sense clear causes many a set of words actually deficient in linguistic workmanship to pass for an eloquent brevity.
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Set higher standards for you own performance than anyone around you, and it won't matter whether you have a tough boss or an easy one. It won't matter whether the competition is pushing you hard, because you'll be competing with yourself.
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Until now, physical theories have been regarded as merely models with approximately describe the reality of nature. As the models improve, so the fit between theory and reality gets closer. Some physicists are now claiming that supergravity is the reality, that the model and the real world are in mathematically perfect accord.
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No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger.
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No matter what players say or people say, you want to be liked and appreciated, even if you've had a downfall.
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When the sacredness of property is talked of, it should be remembered that any such sacredness does not belong in the same degree to landed property.
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Being constantly surprised about what nature can create, that inspires me beyond belief.
