Ben Fountain Quotes
I think if you spend much time dwelling on influence you can get self-conscious about every line you write. That's a great way to freeze up.
Ben Fountain
Quotes to Explore
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You must never throw away things that are worth good money.
Abraham Polonsky
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That's what I've wanted to do my whole life, just act. When I was younger, I loved to entertain people. I always used to make up dance routines, do little plays. I love to perform, basically.
Cara Delevingne
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Factories not what they used to be - they're all extremely high-tech.
Hanna Rosin
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If your kitchen smells good, your food lost something.
Nathan Myhrvold
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Ironically, my paintings don't photograph well.
Damian Loeb
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Being a showrunner meant writing and producing a television show, period, but with 'Lost,' suddenly it became part of the job to promote and be the face of the brand. In a weird way, the story was as much the star as any of the actors, so people wanted to hear from us.
Carlton Cuse
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If you want to put out a song that you wrote yesterday, tomorrow go on Twitter, type in a new URL, and give it to the people!
Chrisette Michele Payne
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People in red states and blue states can agree that clean air is better than dirty air; therefore we should use clean energy where we can.
Van Jones
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The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.
Babe Ruth
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I grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas, and before the Internet and before everything, just to get anything interesting, you had to go on vacation to San Francisco or something. But I think when you're in the middle of America, you feel very jealous of not just comedy but music that you don't have access to.
Matt Besser
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Our only limitations are those we set up in our own minds.
Napoleon Hill
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I think if you spend much time dwelling on influence you can get self-conscious about every line you write. That's a great way to freeze up.
Ben Fountain