Ben Affleck Quotes
When I watch a guy I know is a big Republican, part of me thinks I probably wouldn't like this person if I met him, or we would have different opinions.
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I turned a lot of people in white America - and not just white America, but middle-class America - into hip-hoppers, you know?
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I thought that communism, the tyranny of communism, was an abomination and I beseeched God to bring that terrible evil down and he did. It was a great triumph, it took awhile, but it happened.
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I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.
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I own a guitar, a piano, a bass.
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I think in life, if you continue to challenge yourself, you can pride yourself in what you continuously accomplish.
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I'm an actor. That's what I'm gifted at. It's what makes me breathe.
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I was writing a lot even as a kid.
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I love shorts in the colder climates, because you can wear them with chunky sweaters and jackets. It's cute and funky.
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If there's no fire, there's no scream. If there's no scream, then no one hears you and no one comes to help you in the first place. The depth of my struggle has definitely determined the height of my success. To be able to teach my kids not just about success but about the struggle that comes with it.
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I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.
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I don't see myself in terms of artifice. I see myself as a real person who chooses to live my life in an open way - artistically.
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I've always been fascinated by the concept of reincarnation. I learned that many brilliant people were interested in reincarnation, including Carl Jung. I'm a big Jungian. So I began writing novels involving theories integrating past and present, even if the past element in the novel took place 500 or 1,000 years ago.
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A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. so the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion.
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I never thought about being famous.
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How do you give smart, accomplished, ambitious women the same opportunities as men to reach their goals? What about universal preschool and after-school programs? What about changing the corporate mind-set about the time commitment it takes to move up the ladder? What about having more husbands step up and take the major load?
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There is a certain aesthetic pleasure in trying to imagine the unimaginable and failing, if you are a reader.
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Political hypocrisy and racism make me hot under the collar.
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I'm a writer, so whatever gymnastics jump through my head, I write about it.
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It is not just for a few states to sit and veto global approvals.
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Television is great but for me, as a performer, nothing compares to a live theatre show.
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At school I was always taller than the rest of my class, and because I was an only child, I was comfortable with adults but shy and awkward with other kids. I was quiet, bookish, and in spite of my size, hopeless at sports. In short, I was different. And even in the earliest grades, I got pounded for it.
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Reason and love are sworn enemies.
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Fashion is self confident and fearless.
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When I watch a guy I know is a big Republican, part of me thinks I probably wouldn't like this person if I met him, or we would have different opinions.
