Ben Dolnick Quotes

Sometimes I think there ought to be a coat of arms for all of us who listen to Oberst's band Bright Eyes past the age of twenty-six. 'With Love and Shame,' the motto would read. The handwriting would be the cramped and tortured scribble of a high school freshman.

Ben Dolnick

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Women can be powerful, graceful, and complex, with the ability to make any choice they desire.

Jessica Chastain

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When I came to Los Angeles, it was the first time that I ever felt like I belong somewhere. Not because it was wacky, but because people here understood what I felt like to perform, and there were other kids my age who wanted to do it. I didn't get looked at as God, you freak.

Jennifer Love Hewitt

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Man lives in a world of surmise, of mystery, of uncertainties.

John Dewey

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My new life is being with my wife without any interference, and the children come see us every once in a while.

John Fairchild

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When I was five, I heard the end of Beethoven's 'Ninth Symphony' with my mother, and I got goosebumps all over my body.

John McLaughlin

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In 1978, I was in Paris - I was in someone's car and listening to the radio - and on comes Paco de Lucia. I'd never heard of this chap, and I just thought, 'I have to meet him.' And I was very lucky; I found him very quickly. Crazily enough, he happened to be in Paris!

John McLaughlin

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There is a 90% failure rate for most shows. It's difficult for any show to write for the next season.

Matt Passmore

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As many political writers have pointed out, commitment to political equality is not an empirical claim that people are clones.

Steven Pinker

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I think we have erred on the side of being too conservative so far, to tell you the truth.

Roone Arledge

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I was a child, and in 1942, I was evacuated to the Cotswolds with my mother, who was a teacher - she went with her school. I lived in one house in the village, and my mother was in the vicarage.

Ruth Rendell

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You cannot be politically correct in a war.

Rupert Everett

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It's tough when take 1 is technically okay and take 2 has better acting. Out here (Hollywood) they print the first one. That's the one where we all hit the mark on the floor and who cares about the acting.

Judy Holliday

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