Ben Katchor Quotes
A picture story just doesn't run like a film. It doesn't have 24 frames per second. It doesn't deal with this illusion of movement.
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I just was in the second round. That's painful, because always is tough to lose, but well, that's sport. You win, you lose.
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God doesn't know things. He is things.
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I have decided in 2020 to run for president.
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If people don't want to come to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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I have what is probably the largest big bike collection in the city: a Fat Boy, a sportser Harley Davidson and two Yamahas. All these are 1200cc-plus bikes. Riding these bikes is something I still do and some trekking as well.
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I love watching action. I remember watching Angelina Jolie in 'Tomb Raider,' and I was like 'Wow, it's so cool when a girl can go around and kick butt.'
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To realize that you are not your thoughts is when you begin to awaken spiritually.
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Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.
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You've got to play every game until it's over. Baseball is a funny game, so you never know what's going to happen.
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I get really tired of hearing of all these old rockers whine and complain about how hard life on the road can be. Just stop if you don't like it. I don't think of it as work. I love it all.
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I love all the attention, people noticing me. 'There's the gymnast. There she is!'
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Everything is discursive opinion instead of direct experience.
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Gregory Hines was the most talented man I've ever met or seen. Gregory Hines is one of those people that whenever he talked to you, you felt like you were the center of the universe.
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People always make the mistake of calling an idea small or stupid because they don't understand how it's going to evolve.
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Moviemakers are rewarded with tax write-offs if, when seeking a location that looks like America, they seek it in America.
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Everything in Russia is made of cement - phone booths, fence posts and light bulbs.
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Once boys' and men's challenges are clear, the question 'why now' quickly becomes 'why didn't we see this sooner?' The answer? Virtually every society that survived did so by socializing its sons to be disposable.
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Whoever I'm playing against, I go in and try to stop their best scorer and try to get myself going on the offensive end.
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Merriment is always the effect of a sudden impression. The jest which is expected is already destroyed.
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At 35, I'm thinking, Oh, I don't have any of that initial inspiration that I had before, all that angst. I always thought I would burn out very quickly.
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And that's why any of my picture books exist: They all seem to be built backwards from a simple, emotionally optimistic story beat.
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My Saviour! fill up the blurred and blotted sketch which my clumsy hand has drawn of a Divine life, with the fullness of Thy perfect picture. I feel the beauty I cannot realize; robe me in Thine unutterable purity.
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A picture story just doesn't run like a film. It doesn't have 24 frames per second. It doesn't deal with this illusion of movement.
