Ben Brantley Quotes

I personally read criticism - at least by writers I enjoy - to stimulate a conversation in my own mind, and I like to think that's the function I serve for others.

Ben Brantley

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I would rather be known as 'Jim Kolbe, the trade expert in Congress who happens to be gay,' rather than 'Jim Kolbe, gay congressman from Arizona.'

Jim Kolbe

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Captcha is the bane of the Internet. I can't figure them out myself half the time!

Matt Mullenweg

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It's easier to play a dim character, for me, because I have a natural bent for comedy. It's not intrinsic for me to be crafty, so I would have to go outside for a source of origin. I think of myself as pretty dim.

Stephen Root

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I really do believe when you're in a ton of pain, you tend to take it out on other people. If you deal with your stuff, you don't take it out on everybody else.

Alysia Reiner

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I want to know why the universe exists, why there is something greater than nothing.

Stephen Hawking

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In order to have an enemy, one must be somebody. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force. A malicious enemy is better than a clumsy friend.

Sophie Swetchine

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No one could touch the home cooking of an Italian woman. French women, they are very intelligent, very sexy - but they don't like to cook.

Sirio Maccioni

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We're all men, not machines. We make mistakes.

Tony La Russa

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I'm 240, and I'm not fat.

Mirko Cro Cop

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I always felt a love for music, but I never got my nerve up enough to try a musical instrument in school.

Don Cornelius

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After I graduated, I tried Broadway, which was difficult for me. It was tough to get a part on Broadway, so I just started talking to audiences at different social gatherings, and little by little I became Don Rickles - whatever that is.

Don Rickles

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My favourite leather jackets are timeless.

Chiara Ferragni

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