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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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go. You had three days of vocal training and performed your song at the end.
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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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Sometimes, whether you like it or not, people elevate you. It's real easy to fall.
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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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I wasn't allowed to grow as an artist. My albums were nicer to look at than to listen to.
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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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If it took seven days to make a living with a restaurant, then we needed to be in some other line of work.
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The moment we turn over the soil we start poisoning it and we go on poisoning it all the way through... and there's probably not a river in the United States that doesn't have pesticide poisoning in it. The fish are dying. The seas are getting polluted. All of these things are happening. The rain forests are going. That's what the context is.
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I only collaborate with the people I rock with in life, period. I rock with people where I really respect their craft and respect what they're doing. That's what collaboration should start from.
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You have to be kind to people. Treat them decently. There's no excuse for not.
