Ben Affleck Quotes
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All I can start with is what moves me and feels like a great challenge as an actor and I think is saying something unusual or irreverent or human - honest in some way.
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'Lovejoy' has a special place in my heart because it was through my efforts that the series first came to the screen.
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I never wear matching socks. It's kind of a thing that I have!
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I was brought up in an environment where my parents expressed their financial concerns in front of their children.
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I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.
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Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.
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I plan to go to university - but for sure, acting is what I want to do. It's a hard business, but I believe in my heart that I'll be doing it for a very long time.
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If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.
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The highest percentage of African Americans own their own homes today than ever in our nation's history.
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In rough times, pathfinders rely on work, friends, humor and prayer. They develop a support network.
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I talk in subjects and verbs, and sort of wind around in concentric circles until I get far enough away from the beginning so that I can call it the end, and it ends.
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With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken away the necessity of trawling foreign bookshops or the shelves of holiday houses to find something to read. I've come across gems and stinkers that way, and both can be fun.
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The funniest line in English is 'Get it?' When you say that, everyone chortles.
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Entrepreneurship requires flexibility and an open society, and there will always be people who succeed and people who follow. For those who lead, they have an obligation to create a better life for the people around them.
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The function of the novel is the exploration of the human condition. Really, that's what it's all about.
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I still sing on bits and pieces. Singing's something that I love to do, but it's not something that I pursue as a career.
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I may be in timeout forever. But I hope not to be.
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When you make your living as a singer, you have to go where the gigs are.
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You are less majestically neutral than cloaking your cowardice in principle.
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I'm lucky I live near Whole Foods... so if I'm hungry, I can walk in there and grab something yummy... already made... or make it myself. I love to cook. I make a killer marinara sauce.
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You give a press conference, and they'll pick one word, they'll pick two words. The media is still out to write what they want to write.
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My 'Slide Some Oil' ain't gon' be Nipsey Russell's 'Slide Some Oil.' Elijah Kelley's 'You Can't Win' ain't gon' be Michael Jackson's 'You Can't Win.'
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They shut down kids' homes, for a number of reasons, and I was part of that transition into foster care. That's all well and good if it's populated by people who feel their work is paid decently and supported.
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You have to be kind to people. Treat them decently. There's no excuse for not.
