Ben Affleck on balance
Ben Affleck85 quotes“Memories, all those little experiences make up the fabric of our lives and on balance, I wouldn’t want to erase any of them, tempting though it may be.”
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People decided that I was the frat guy, even though I’ve never been inside a fraternity, or the guy who beat them up at school, even though that wasn’t me at all.
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Ben AffleckBen Affleck I recognize that Hollywood is not about seniority. Often it’s not even a meritocracy. It’s about what you did yesterday. You have a couple of misses, and suddenly it’s impossible to find a hit. So the swings are gigantic. But I’ve always understood it as such, and navigated it as such.
Ben AffleckBen Affleck If you think Hollywood is depressing and corrupt, politics is really depressing and corrupt — and fueled even more than Hollywood by money — if that’s possible.
Ben AffleckBen Affleck Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms.
Ben AffleckBen Affleck I just feel like sometimes I’m a force to be dealt with. My talents are sometimes overused and also sometimes underused. It’s not easy being me.
Ben AffleckBen Affleck Online gambling is very seductive and very illusory. It can seem like a really good idea. It can seem like what people told you to work hard and get ahead, but when someone shows you something and it’s too good to be true, it probably is.
Ben AffleckBen Affleck No matter how much you change, you still got to pay the price for the things you’ve done.
Ben AffleckBen Affleck I dyed my hair for photo tests… I kept it because when am I ever going to be blond again?
Ben AffleckBen Affleck I grew up in a home environment where I wasn’t getting esteem for anything I did.
Ben AffleckBen Affleck No matter what you’re doing, if you’re trying to make a movie, you need to be working with people that are really good and who make you better.
Ben AffleckBen Affleck I have a good instinct for what’s real and what’s not. I don’t have to second-guess myself.
Ben AffleckBen Affleck The trap for an actor is that you become too successful at what you’re trying to do, and you can find yourself stuck there.
Ben AffleckBen Affleck I hate the whole reluctant sex-symbol thing. It’s such bull. You see these dudes greased up, in their underwear, talking about how they don’t want to be a sex symbol.
Ben AffleckBen Affleck I’m trying to make people feel welcome and feel valued.
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And that is how time heals, not by erasing but by blurring all the memories.
VesmirVesmir Let me follow my dream. Let me follow my queen.
Moses AlexanderMoses Alexander Be kind to yourself, the way you would be to someone you love.
Courtney PeppernellCourtney Peppernell We need to surrender ourselves to the water before we can climb the spiral ladder.
Nikol MejdnNikol Mejdn You gave me the courage to rise but my darling robin why did you fly leaving me behind these four walls all alone?
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett Giving up your dreams is easy, but ask yourself is it really easy to live without dreams?
Sania AbbasSania Abbas It’s funny how we say a person ‘made’ us when they actually broke us. Sort of like how I say ‘funny’ – but I actually mean sad.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki You can’t keep living backwards – Reminiscing on what was, And terrified to pursue What could be.
J.S BrownJ.S Brown
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Theresa MayTheresa May Some Italians are geniuses, but you have to find a balance.
Alain ProstAlain Prost What is commonly called a pest is nature’s way of bringing back into balance an imbalance that man has created.
Alan ChadwickAlan Chadwick For at least the past 65 years, liberalism has been nothing if not an attempt to strike a balance between the needs of the community and the needs of individuals, between the need for freedom and the need for order.
Alan BrinkleyAlan Brinkley I believe the government of the United States should re-examine its policies in the Middle East and adopt a more balanced stance toward the Palestinian cause.
Al-Waleed bin TalalAl-Waleed bin Talal There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life.
Alain de BottonAlain de Botton You deal with their balance over the long run.
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