Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
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I'm afraid that I'm either going to have to write myself something or direct something if I'm going to get somewhere.
Yaphet Kotto -
My childhood was limited to mostly gospel music. We didn't have, like, a lot of records in our house, you know. It was like my grandparents who raised me. They were pretty old-fashioned in their religious ways, so it was like church, church, church, school, school, school.
Faith Evans -
If the next thing I do is not necessarily filling the role of 'the future of journalism,' it'll probably be whatever is making me happiest, and that's enough for me.
Tavi Gevinson -
Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have often paid a very high price.
Tahar Ben Jelloun -
Yes, I've been in an igloo. They're surprisingly cozy and warm - small, though, you can't really stand up in some.
Gary Paulsen -
The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution.
Joanne Rowling
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I have only one counsel for you - be master.
Napoleon Bonaparte -
I feed on art more than I ever do on photographs. I can admire photography, but I wouldn't go to it out of hunger.
Irving Penn -
You can't just tell your team, 'Think long term.' It doesn't work that way. When you are starting out, you have to always think about trying to build something of value for the customer: something they can use all the time, something of use.
Ram Shriram -
I have no disciple. I am the servant of the servant of Rama.
Ramakrishna -
The artist makes art not to save mankind but to save himself. Every benevolent comment by an artist is a fog to cover his tracks, the bloody trail of his assault against reality and others.
Camille Paglia -
Three cheers for the war. Three cheers for Italy's war and three cheers for war in general. Peace is hence absurd or rather a pause in war.
Benito Mussolini
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I have a number of writers I work with regularly. I write an outline for a book. The outlines are very specific about what each scene is supposed to accomplish.
James Patterson -
No more pronouncements on lousy verse. No more hidden competition. No more struggling not to be a square.
Louise Bogan -
I didn't know how capable I was until the people around me in acting school would say I was good.
Jason Mitchell -
I've always liked being funny and making people laugh. I was a cut-up when I was a kid and was always doing bits for my friends and family. I remember doing pratfalls on the playground in fourth grade for my friend and really hurting my hip.
Busy Philipps -
In a silent film, you speak but the audience does not hear you.
Max von Sydow -
The Department of Cell Biology at Johns Hopkins was founded and directed by Tom Pollard, an engaging young scientist with remarkable energy and enthusiasm.
Peter Agre
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While starving refugees in Homs were providing target practice for government snipers, Bashar al-Assad's strongest international backer was in Sochi, at the Iceberg Skating Palace, visibly moved, smiling with deep satisfaction, as the Russians beautifully glided and leaped their way to the gold medal in the team event.
George Packer -
Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values.
Warren E. Burger -
A building without ornamentation is like a heaven without stars.
George Sandys -
What I do know is that my number one job is being a mother. I can't imagine life without my children. My whole future feels bright knowing that they're in it.
Una Healy -
Words were not things you could control. Not always.
Benjamin Alire Saenz