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Ben Fountain Quotes

Learning essential stuff is as much a discipline as going to the gym or sticking to a diet, and an excellent antidote for the modern condition of being numb and dumb.

Ben Fountain

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american

Topics

Learning Discipline Diet Gym Dumb

Everybody's entitled to their opinions, but I don't understand why we have to saturate social media with all the negative stuff.

Megan Hilty

Social Media Negative Media Opinions

Feed the troops on victory.

John Monash

Victory Feed Troops

Activating oxygen can produce compounds called radicals that put oxidative stress on cells. Such stress could ultimately lead to cancer and other diseases.

John Simon

Stress Lead Cancer Cells Oxygen

I'm very grateful to Jennifer Lopez, because I have something to talk about for the last couple of years.

Steven Cojocaru

Grateful Talk Years Something Last

I'm 45 years old. I used to be a club girl, but that's not my world anymore. That doesn't mean I can't make music that excites. I think it's inspiring to see an artist you grew up with take another crack.

Shirley Manson

Music Girl World Think You Artist

When it shall be known that, at the time which I was accused of wishing to sunder this island from France - my benefactress - I repeated the oath of fidelity to her, I take pleasure in believing that the government I own, and my fellow-citizens, will render me the justice I merit, and that the enemies of my brethren will be reduced to silence.

Toussaint Louverture

Time Justice Silence Government Me

Here I am in my first command - a bit dazed but feeling very grand.

Lord Mountbatten

I Am Feeling First Here Grand Very

Any time you get to do a David Mamet play, it's a great opportunity. His writing is such that I think it's a big challenge, but when you get it right, it's a great opportunity to play every night, really.

Jason Priestley

Opportunity Great Time Challenge You

I was an altar boy and heard the Bible being read out repeatedly. The stories have stayed with me, although they're completely remixed in my head. And often, when I do further reading, I'm quite surprised by the difference between the real story and my memory of the story.

Chris Ofili

Memory Me Bible Reading Story Boy

When I was little I used to dance and model and that was fun. But I was always the person that was goofing off and I would memorize every line in every movie that I saw. And at recess that's what I would do, I would talk to my friends and recite movies.

Ashley Benson

Dance Fun Friends Person Movies

I'm not a career filmmaker. I just like to do things that I still kind of believe in and because of that you just never know what's going to happen next. It doesn't matter if it's been a good year or a bad year: next year, there's no telling what it will be like.

Peter Mullan

Good Believe Year You Bad Career

Faced with a time shortage, we squeeze tasks into the nooks and crannies of our calendar, leaving less and less time to switch between them. As a result, we become less and less productive exactly when we need to be most productive.

Sendhil Mullainathan

Time Result Calendar Leaving Become