Lawrence Bender Quotes
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Now that our kids are getting older, they need their space. We dug out the basement so they will have a place to go crazy in the wintertime. My son is already talking about how he's going to make a skateboard ramp. It's just a mosh pit down there, so they can do whatever they want. We're not even going to finish it.
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When I used to perform weddings, the image I always had was the image of a triangle, in which there are two partners and then there is this third force, this third being, that emerges out of the interaction of these two. The third one is the one that is the shared awareness that lies behind the two of them.
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I'm a stand-up. I'm never worried about getting my next role. That's never distressing to me.
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Presence is more than just being there.
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If you think that your child is going to be really sensitive to the fact that they might not win - which they probably won't - you shouldn't do it because it's not healthy if they get the feeling that they're not good enough or they're not worthy.
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I'm a product of a military dictatorship. Under a dictatorship, you cannot trust information or dispense it freely because of censorship. So Brazilians become very flexible in the use of metaphors. They learn to communicate with double meanings.
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How many chapters have been written about love verses - and how many more might be written! - might, would, could, should, or ought to be written! - I will venture to say, will be written!
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In a finite world this means that the per capita share of the world's goods must steadily decrease.
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There is an old saying that you're a product of your environment. Parents can only do so much when eight hours of the day is spent at school. As parents, we try to teach our kids to be respectful to others and teach them old values, but a lot of it is down to the schools.
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I don't think you can ease yourself into theater. I just thrust myself into it.
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From Ernest Hemingway's stories, I learned to listen within my stories for what went unsaid by my characters.
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One voice, speaking truth is a greater force than fleets and armies, given time; plenty of time.
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What the neurology tells us is that the self consists of many components, and the notion of one unitary self may well be an illusion.
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The human body as an obedient coolie, to be fed and hosed down, and given just enough sexual freedom to sedate itself.
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All sides in a trial want to hide at least some of the truth.
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Painting is not what my life is about, but it is very important to me, and I am very lucky to be able to give some time to it. The time that I devote to painting is not a lot of time, but I do it 100 percent while I am working, and then there's nothing else that counts.
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Thy purpose firm is equal to the deed:Who does the best his circumstance allowsDoes well, acts nobly; angels could no more.
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I haven't had a TV in 10 years, and I really don't miss it. 'Cause it's always so much more fun to be with people than it ever was to be with a television.
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Anytime you get to go up against guys that have done well in this league, who have dominated in this league, you have got to rise to the challenge.
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I realized that both the military and religious orders depend on discipline to shape people - which routine does, in a lot of ways.
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In any job, you have to give up certain things, and I believe that having a good quality of life means enjoying certain things only in moderation.
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When you are caught with a big shot, you don't really feel it. It's like being in a car crash, and maybe your arm has been ripped off... it is only when you look down at it that you realise it has happened.
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I think empowerment of women is exactly what's happening now, with women being portrayed as human beings, and not just black and white. Men can be the anti-hero all the time, and it's cool, but when women are, they're twisted or messed up or something is wrong with them. I think it's just about portraying women in the world as equals to men, and vice versa.
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Making movies is my profession. I like doing it a lot.
