Ben Stiller Quotes
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I am happy with all the films I've done. I have not become the victim of an image. I have managed to do different roles, and I am proud of that.
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It's lovely to be considered pretty and lovely to do photo shoots, and I just love fashion. But I'm proud that I did the characters I wanted to do.
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I have to remind myself constantly that people actually want to hear the music I've made; that's hard for me to digest. I think a live audience is the only tangible evidence you can have that your work is making an impact. It's really humbling.
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Art is subjective. I'm not looking for people's praise.
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I've been too many places. I'm like the bad penny.
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The thing, when you're down two sets to love, is to stay calm, even though it's hard, because people are freaking out, people are worried for you.
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Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for much knowledge is a curse.
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If you believe these polls, you're making a mistake.
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To put me through school my morn had to work, so I was a latchkey kid.
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Selectors can't please everyone, but I am OK if they are working for the benefit of Indian cricket. It's an administrative decision to appoint a selection committee, and I would like to let them do their job.
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Customers are enormously punishing when companies don't meet their expectations.
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Suffrage is a common right of citizenship. Women have the right of suffrage. Logically it cannot be escaped.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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I always have the impression that I write the same book.
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The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.
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No man is ever whipped until he quits in his own mind.
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Harvard was the most intimidating experience. I felt so out of my league there.
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In Australia, we've always been a country that runs the ball right up the middle on the fifth tackle. We've never seen a challenge we didn't like, and we've certainly never run from one.
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I have written two nonfiction books, I'm embarrassed to say.
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In doing my podcast, I do find that I tend to try out bits that I then try on stage later that day. If they work, great, and if they don't, I regret having talked about it on the podcast.
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If vaudeville had died, television was the box they put it in.
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I'm a huge Marlene Dietrich fan. She's got this raunchy kind of strength. It would be hard to find a man who could come up with something hard for her to handle. She's seen it all and done it all.
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All those rumors about her being underweight are trash. She's gorgeous.
