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 about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
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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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Arab-led Islamic fundamentalism destabilizes nations from Algeria to the Philippines.
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If you want to put out a million CDs and sell them and get them played on the radio, and even videos, or whatever, if that still exists, that kind of muscle can only come from a label like Columbia.
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If you believe these polls, you're making a mistake.
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Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
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Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world.
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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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Unlimited exploitation of cheap labour-power is the sole foundation of their power to compete.
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We must start with the reality that corporations cannot guarantee anyone a lifetime job any more than corporations have a guarantee of immortality.
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Writers talk about the agony of writing; I talk about the agony of not writing.
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I used to visit kids with cancer all the time. Now I'm in the club. I understand what's happening to these little kids with brain cancer, and I ask myself, 'How do they make it through the day?' So you see a little 5-year-old and you say, 'If she can do it, I can suck it up.'
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All those rumors about her being underweight are trash. She's gorgeous.
