Ben Dolnick Quotes

Of course I knew that writing was terrifically hard work and that there was no secret code, as in a video game, that would unlock Tolstoy-mode, enabling me to crank out canon-worthy novellas before lunch.

Ben Dolnick

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Our heart oft times wakes when we sleep, and God can speak to that, either by words, by proverbs, by signs and similitudes, as well as if one was awake.

John Bunyan

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Anyone can be a Son Of God if they wish to be and have the faith. I need to articulate this so everyone understands.

Andre Ward

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When I was preparing for the film for tree weeks, with David Cronenberg, I had a lady friend come over.

John Lone

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Voice work is fun. But about three-quarters of the things you enjoy about acting are just not there. You're not working with another actor; you're not working with an audience. You're just working with a bunch of writers and a microphone. It's very abstract.

John Lithgow

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If you don't make things happen then things will happen to you.

Robert Collier

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I don't want to be forgotten or not have helped as many people as I can before I pass.

RJ Cyler

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I get grumpy about the innate conservatism of our tastes; I love bold theatre, and I get annoyed when a heritage piece is really successful.

Romola Garai

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In my experience, people are usually fired for reasons having to do with budgetary constraints, incompetence or not fulfilling the terms of a contract.

Michael Shermer

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You have to learn to be fluid and go where you're needed, when you're needed. You've gotta be flexible. I think that's what acting is.

Luke Hemsworth

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It's far from clear that restoring Christian social authority is an appropriate aim of politics in the first place.

Josh Hawley

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When I consider what it was that moved me to join the Communist Party, I have to cast my mind back for more than a quarter of a century to try and ascertain what precisely my motives at that time were.

Bram Fischer

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We current justices read the Constitution in the only way that we can: as 20th-century Americans.

William J. Brennan, Jr.

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