Ben Brantley Quotes

Cyndi Lauper knows how to work a crowd.

Ben Brantley

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WorkCrowdKnowsHow

The funny thing is, I don't actually think of myself as fat at all. I don't think I am. Not really.

Jo Brand

FunnyMyselfI AmThinkFatReally

Giorgio Morandi's paintings make me think that artists may not totally choose, or even control, their subjects or style.

Jerry Saltz

StyleMeControlThinkChooseMay

I grew up babysitting and always enjoyed it. I love family. A couple of my closest friends have kids, and I'm their godfather, and that's one of my greatest pleasures in life, just picking them up from school and hanging out with them.

Matthew Perry

LifeFamilyLoveSchoolFriendsOut

When I was 17, my sister and I used to drive back from school in her car and sing the Spice Girls' chartbusters from the '90s at the top of our voices.

Amy Jackson

CarSchoolSisterDriveBackSpice

You don't want to overthink; you want to just stick with what you've been given.

Amanda Warren

YouWantStickBeenJustGiven

I travel around and hear from so many kids. Their parents say they were always very picky but they watch the show and they want to try stuff. The show is entertainment, but I think it has done so much for the public perception of what food can be.

Tom Colicchio

FoodTravelParentsPerceptionThink

Success is seductive. It can make one complacent and inefficient and stale.

Robin S. Sharma

SuccessComplacentSuccess IsMake

I started in improv and went into different kinds of things.

Mary Steenburgen

ImprovThingsStartedDifferent

Honest doesn't necessarily mean unfiltered.

Josh Gondelman

MeanHonestNecessarily

When I first met the world, basically, or introduced myself to people, I was in 'Superbad,' and I feel the same way I felt promoting 'Superbad' in an underdog style that I feel promoting 'Moneyball.'

Jonah Hill

StyleMyselfPeopleWorldUnderdog

One of the great, and largely forgotten, triumphs of American society and government has been how smoothly U.S. farmers and their communities negotiated the creative destruction of the early 20th century and emerged triumphant when it was over.

Chrystia Freeland

GreatCreativeGovernmentSociety

I don't like things held up before me that I cannot have.

Arthur Golden

MeUpThingsCannotLikeBefore

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