Benh Zeitlin Quotes
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One of the great political and economic challenges of our time is figuring out the balance between wealth that benefits society and wealth that distorts.
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It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.
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I always thought everybody else was better than me.
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Anyone who reads my work will see that there are often difficult relationships between fathers and sons.
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I've not really spent much time in proper studios. The room itself where you're recording, and how you live while you're there is what appeals to me.
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I would be lying if I told you that I hadn't had aspirations to run for a statewide office.
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Everything was black in the harbor, but there were still some fires burning on the ships.
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I can't take on all the worries of the world, you know. I can only talk about being gay and being an actor. I'll have to leave those other battles to somebody else.
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I'm intimidated by the fear of being average.
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No suffering is self-caused.Nothing causes itself. If another is not self-made, How could suffering be caused by another? If suffering were caused by each, Suffering could be caused by both. Not caused by self or by other, How could suffering be uncaused?
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Art matters not merely because it is the most magnificent ornament and the most nearly unfailing occupation of our lives, but because it is life itself.
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If any ask me what a free Government is, I answer, that, for any practical purpose, it is what the people think so, - and that they, and not I, are the natural, lawful, and competent judges of this matter.
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We are confident that our revolution has already succeeded and that the regime of Saleh has in effect, already collapsed.
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They had this movie called Juno about a teenage girl who gets pregnant and it's nominated for an Oscar. That's an unusual experience for me, 'cause when a black girl gets pregnant it ain't no Oscar. It's social work and a box of condoms is what that is.
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It is folly to anticipate evils, and madness to create imaginary ones.
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The eye which turns from a white object in the light of the sun and goes into a less fully lighted place will see everything as dark.
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The only reason investors haven't run screaming from an obviously corrupt financial marketplace is because the government has gone to such extraordinary lengths to sell the narrative that the problems of 2008 have been fixed.
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We need to rid our State Owned Enterprises of corruption because the money being siphoned out should be funding them.
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To be able to write 'Superman,' to be able to work with the legendary artist who is John Romita Jr., I signed on as soon as I could.
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One thing I've learned about life is that if you really let go, it's just a joy ride.
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A woman can be seeking attention and also make a statement.They don't need to be mutually exclusive.
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I always have a backlog of like seven movies that I want to make.
