Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
In order to be wildly popular you had to make people believe that you were fun and interesting I just wasn't that much of a con artist.
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I was raised to believe that New England is the best place on the planet.
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It's been a straight strip, I must tell you, I've enjoyed it all the way. If I'm saying things to make it sound like it's hard, hard work, it's not. It's beautiful work. It's fun work. It's everything you'd ever want to do.
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I'm the artist when I'm doing music that I am when I'm acting. I'm everything.
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When I did 'Boyz N The Hood', I never thought how we grew up in South Central was interesting enough for a movie.
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In all my characters, I try to find an iota of myself, and in Castle, I found a lot. He gets away with a lot, so that's fun.
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Fairy tales are stories of triumph and transformation and true love, all things I fervently believe in.
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The democratic system is premised on trust in the masses' wisdom. We believe that the collective is wiser than its parts and that, at the end of the day, it shall make the right choices and take the right decisions.
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Christians believe that God is everywhere and is involved in our lives at every moment, whether we publicly acknowledge God or not.
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Hollywood's like a warehouse. It's just a place that you go. What's interesting in the warehouse has to do with the creative people.
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It's interesting to see what people are saying about me. I like keep up with the latest rumors! A while back there was a rumor that I was going to do a film with Demi Moore about the takeover of Commodore computers!
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I knew I wanted to be an artist, but I didn't really know what it was I wanted to say.
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I believe that eyes are very important motifs. That's something that can discern the peace and love.
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I will continue to believe that Israel's security is paramount.
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Actually, recording the Suite Chic album was so much fun and while working on this new album, people that I've worked with from Suite Chic has lend their voice.
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I don't believe in regime change, certainly not in the Middle East.
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I'm always dissing Ray and making fun of him, talking about his money.
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I am just at that stage of wondering where I go from here. I came into this business almost by accident, but now it has become serious. What started as a bit of fun, something to do other than be a model, has taken on a different career curve. I have been forced to ask where that curve is going to end up.
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From an early age I didn't buy into the value systems of working hard in a nine-to-five job. I thought creativity, friendship and loyalty and pushing the boundaries of what was acceptable was much more interesting.
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There are a lot of artists who haven't lost anything to domesticity. In my case, it probably did happen.
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My family background was deeply Christian.
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I never think about the knockouts. I go into every fight, do my work, and none of that stuff puts pressure on me at all.
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Whenever a new technology is introduced into society, there must be a counterbalancing human response - that is, high touch - or the technology is rejected... We must learn to balance the material wonders of technology with the spiritual demands of our human nature.
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My life has been very lucky, but I made some of that luck.
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In order to be wildly popular you had to make people believe that you were fun and interesting I just wasn't that much of a con artist.
