Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
I’ll always remember that look on your face. You saw me. You’ve always seen me. And I think that’s all that anyone wants. That’s why Fito loves coming over here. He’s been invisible all his life. And all of a sudden he’s visible. Seeing someone. Really seeing someone. That’s love.
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Art should be an oasis: a place or refuge from the hardness of life.
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I love music; I come from a region of Kurdistan that is a base for music.
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I've been blessed with a wonderful husband, two caring daughters and sons-in-law, and four really special grandchildren. They have each enhanced my life.
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I believe love at first sight is possible. Centuries of literature and art and beauty has been dedicated to that idea, so who am I to argue, even if I've never experienced it?
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I remember I got an ALMA award for an actor being on three shows simultaneously.
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An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial world, and in instances no longer rare the most precious and permanent goods of human life have been madly sacrificed in the interests of momentary enrichment.
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Seventh and eighth grade? That's the worst. I think it's the lowest point of life. All I remember is painful acne and terrible clothes. And lots of getting dumped.
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I love Somali foods like canjeero, a pancakelike bread; same for pizza, burgers, and sushi.
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I work as if I were going to be the next person to need a respirator. I share in the benefits I bestow on others, and my work has enriched my life.
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Most estimates of the mortality risk posed by asteroid impacts put it at about the same risk as flying in a commercial airliner. However, you have to remember that this is like the entire human race riding the plane - it is one of the few risks that really could wipe us all out.
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If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?
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I've had an angel on my shoulder all my life.
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All art is propaganda, and ever must be, despite the wailing of the purists. I stand in utter shamelessness and say that whatever art I have for writing has been used always for propaganda for gaining the right of black folk to love and enjoy. I do not care a damn for any art that is not used for propaganda.
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What could be better than working with people you love?
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I remember Nayim at Tottenham dived all over the place, and we used to say to him, 'What are you doing?' You do talk about it.
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I have two ambitions in life: one is to drink every pub dry, the other is to sleep with every woman on earth.
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You can love someone like your son, even if he's not your biological son, and you can love someone like your father, even if he's not your biological father.
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The Bible is the book of my life. It's the book I live with, the book I live by, the book I want to die by.
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There are but few talents requisite to become a popular preacher; for the people are easily pleased if they perceive any endeavors in the orator to please them. The meanest qualifications will work this effect if the preacher sincerely sets about it.
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Sometimes you do get caught up in the midst of becoming... a product, a brand, and not having a say in any of that.
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What finally is beauty? Certainly nothing that can be calculated or measured. It is always something imponderable, something that lies between things.
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There is no child left within me, none whatsoever.
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On a Friday night, I like to go out because my friends, who have been working normal hours, just want to let go after a stressful week at work.
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I’ll always remember that look on your face. You saw me. You’ve always seen me. And I think that’s all that anyone wants. That’s why Fito loves coming over here. He’s been invisible all his life. And all of a sudden he’s visible. Seeing someone. Really seeing someone. That’s love.
