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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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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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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I thank the officers of the Minneapolis Police Department, who work hard every day to help people in their most vulnerable moments, keep our communities safe, and build relationships and trust with the public.
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Life comes down to honesty and doing what's right. That's what's most important.
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I always love being in the company of women. It's all about good conversation and great wine.
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In my family we've always been into ethical stuff and recycling.
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An actor entering through the door, you've got nothing. But if he enters through the window, you've got a situation.
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In many respects, my work is very enjoyable, for I seem to get on pretty well with the fellows and enjoy the work of instruction as well as my own studies.
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Let's say a Soviet exchange student back in the '70s would go back and tell the KGB about people and places and things that he'd seen and done and been involved with. This is not really espionage; there's no betrayal of trust.
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Making movies is my profession. I like doing it a lot.
