Ben Dolnick Quotes
I would love to love Saul Bellow, but by page fifty of 'Herzog', something within me has wandered into another room.Ben Dolnick
Quotes to Explore
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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
Man Ray -
What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown - watch the raindrops coming down the window pane?
Jackie Kennedy -
I have some friends, and they're super-hipster. And they're like, 'All I wanna do is sing in a jazz bar and to just make it to pay for the rent.' And I'm like, 'Cool... That's not what I wanna do. I want as many people as possible to go to my concert.'
Zara Larsson -
Whatever's going on with me at the time of writing is going to find its way into the piece. If that doesn't happen, then what the hell am I doing? So if I'm writing 'Inglourious Basterds,' and I'm in love with a girl and we break up, that's going to find its way into the piece.
Quentin Tarantino -
Some guy refuses to fight and we call that the sin, but he's standing up for what he believes in and that seems pretty damned American to me.
Iris DeMent -
I don't feel my son should pay the price for what I do.
Daniel Day-Lewis
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I try to stay far away from anything creepy and supernatural. I'd rather not think about it.
Taissa Farmiga -
America is unique in the world. If you don't believe that, just ask someone from another country.
Fabrizio Moreira -
It's been federal law for over two centuries that the child of an American born abroad is a citizen - a natural born citizen.
Ted Cruz -
I am not a spokesperson for the trans community, I am not. The media kind of projects me as being the spokesperson, but from my standpoint, I am not. I am a spokesperson for my story, and that's all I can tell.
Caitlyn Jenner -
They may well say not only is this not true, but I will put in an injunction to prevent publication. No, stories don't go in unless I'm convinced by the people who write them that they're true. And if I'm wrong, then so be it.
Ian Hislop -
A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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I'm a working stiff. I just happened to be around at the right time, and nobody else wanted the job.
Harry Bridges -
I've gravitated towards independent cinema because you have to work harder in studio scripts to flesh out characters, particularly female ones. They are not as sharply edged, they tend to be quite watery. They are not renderings of women as I know them.
Vera Farmiga -
Mugger: Your money or your life.
Jack Benny -
This is my question, for life: have we retired the phrase, 'sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me'? Is it legal for me to say, 'I endorse hate speech, I don't give a fuck'? I want hate speech. Why can't I hate you...in speech?
Patrice O'Neal -
The true Mystic, realising God, has no need of any Scriptures, for he has touched the source whence all Scriptures flow.
Annie Besant -
'Look at my dick.'
Kevin Smith
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It seemed like I was going to keep stopping the game until we got it right. It was slipping away from us.
Phil Jackson -
Just because Rachel [from the Girl On The Train] is an unreliable character doesn't mean she has sex with anybody who walks by her. It was important to keep her a little virginal.
Erin Cressida Wilson -
I'll audition for something and then the feedback has been, 'The director wants you, the creative people want you, but the studio is saying no.' It's depressing, but I understand. People are investing a lot of money and they want somewhat of a guarantee; they want someone who's been on the cover of magazines.
Melanie Lynskey -
Love the Lord your God, and love one another. Love one another as He loves. Love with strength and purpose and passion and no matter what comes against you. Don't weaken. Stand against the darkness, and love. That's the way back into Eden. That's the way back to life.
Francine Rivers -
I would love to love Saul Bellow, but by page fifty of 'Herzog', something within me has wandered into another room.
Ben Dolnick