Ben Harper Quotes
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We all sit in front of our mics and our scripts lay on music stands. Then the silliness begins!
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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I don't want to give people the impression that I'm an almost perfect human being.
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If you've followed my career at all, you will know that I perform best in comfortable surroundings. Though other leagues may seem more enticing to other players, it's something I'm just not interested in doing personally.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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All the terrorists are basically migrants.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.
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Sometimes you just have to jump off the cliff without knowing where you will land.
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In novels, and American novels in particular, it's not just about redemption, it's about forward movement and healing oneself. Americans are very big on getting better.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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My room is like an antique shop, full of junk, and weird stuff. There's a big sword in there. And a taxidermy bird, and a couple of birdcages. And a lot of newspaper cuttings. I used to have a weird thing about cutting out morbid headlines from newspapers, and collecting them. I was fascinated with drowning, which is kind of strange.
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I get used to my fountain pens and my clothes, and I can never throw them away. I replace them only when I see that they are broken or embarrassing to wear.
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I was mainly influenced by the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, and others like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash.
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They hate whom they fear.
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The difference was you worked for Nixon, and with Ford.
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Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so.
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Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue to our history as the abolition of slavery.
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As much as we can, we want to prevent people from having to think about how to keep and share their stuff.
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The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out like shining from shook foil? Generations have trod, have trod, have trod; And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil; And wearsman'ssmudgeand sharesman'ssmell: thesoil Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.
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My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
