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Ben Elton Quotes

There are lots of things I could have done for the money, but I've made a great living doing the things I want to do.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: comedian
Nationality: british
Birth: May 3, 1959

Topics

Great Money Doing Done Want Living

While I do not suggest that humanity will ever be able to dispense with its martyrs, I cannot avoid the suspicion that with a little more thought and a little less belief their number may be substantially reduced.

John B. S. Haldane

Thought Humanity Will Belief More

When I think back, the neighbors were always sayin', 'Oh, that poor Julie, that poor orphan.' I loved it. The Italians would invite me in for dinner - it was an Italian neighborhood mostly. Oh, I loved it.

Me Dinner Think Loved Back Poor

Bad news: Complainers are rewarded for complaining. Indicative of the victim culture in which we live, people have not only come to expect something for nothing, but are then rewarded for how loudly they can ventilate their sense of having been victims of fraud.

Live Culture People Bad Complaining

Christians need jobs just like anybody else, but the years you spend as an undergraduate are like everything else in your life. They're not yours to do with as you please. They're Christ's.

Stanley Hauerwas

Life You Need Years Everything Just

I can go out raw with nothing, and my fans would still be happy, but I feel that I owe it to them to give them almost like a Broadway musical at this point in my life. I have to give them something more, so I do have to think of different ways to do it.

Life Happy Be Happy Think My Life

'Iceman' covers a bigger scope than 'Long Day's Journey.' But they're both fabulous pieces of work. 'Iceman' is like a symphony. It's got all the movements, all these different voices. 'Long Day's Journey' is more like a beautiful string quartet.

Work Journey Beautiful Day Long

You can't write about stuff you don't know about. You have to live it. You have to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty. Live life to be a good songwriter.

Life Good Live Live Life Hands You

I went to a cleansing retreat in the desert where I didn't eat for eight days and experienced hunger-driven hallucinations.

Desert Eat Days Retreat Where Eight

I was offered to take over for Reba in 'Annie Get Your Gun,' but it wasn't where I wanted to be. I think my fans would be upset if I confined my shows to one city for a long period of time.

Time City Gun Think Long Upset

I don't think I could give advice to my younger self because she probably wouldn't listen.

Annie Leibovitz

Think Self Advice Listen She Give

It's too easy to do your own site to not have one these days. I guess everyone has one.

Easy Everyone Days Own Your Guess

I have a thing for clean lines and beautiful form that I attribute to my four years in Tokyo and Kyoto. I also appreciate traditional architecture and a warm palette that I think my Midwest upbringing has something to do with.

Beautiful Architecture Think Warm

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