Benjamin Stone Quotes
Being constantly surprised about what nature can create, that inspires me beyond belief.
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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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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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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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I never take a nap after dinner but when I have had a bad night; and then the nap takes me.
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Science, when applied to personal relationships, is always just wrong.
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Necessity is the mistress and guide of nature.
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I am who I am, doing what I came to do, acting upon you like a drug or chisel to remind you of your me-ness as I discover you in myself.
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'Only, the beastly Arctic won't freeze,'
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It was so flat, you know, you could see the curves of the earth. And when a train came into vision at nine o'clock in the morning, it was still leaving at noon.. ..it took that long to get across the prairie.
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I wrote for free for, like, fifteen years; I could redo my parlor in rejection slips. It would be surprisingly tasteful - they use nice paper.
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Gratitude helps us to return to our natural state of joyfulness, where we notice what's right instead of what's wrong. It makes us feel complete, that we have everything we need, at least in this moment.
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The thing is, I'm a competitor by nature. I like to compete.
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Being constantly surprised about what nature can create, that inspires me beyond belief.
