Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
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Oil has become the principal wealth in the hands of the great Yankee transnationals; through this energy source, they had an instrument that considerably expanded their political power in the world.
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I can clap with one hand.
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My art springs from my desire to have things in the world which would otherwise never be there.
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A feel-good style can be a symptom of unawareness or lack of caring.
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Perl was designed to work more like a natural language. It's a little more complicated but there are more shortcuts, and once you learned the language, it's more expressive.
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It is quite true - in fact, obvious on the surface - that the vast majority of dramatic shows and comedies, as well, advocate a liberal and humanistic and relativistic lifestyle and concept.
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A big part of my decision is not made about whether I'm able to coach in the NHL or if I'm ready to step up and take that challenge. Basically, it's about my family, it's about my children, and this is where my decision is going to have to be made.
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So interviews are a valuable tool, but under certain circumstances they'd be more valuable than others.
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My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim.
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Danish film is spreading in a fantastic way.
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Television doesn't make stars. It's the written media, the press, that makes stars.
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I occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for two reasons. First to discourage the composer from writing any more and secondly to remind myself how much I appreciate Beethoven.
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Creating a wonderful drama is an art form, while comedy is just entertainment.
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I think the landscape you grow up in probably does mark you in ways you don't even understand.
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I've noticed a lot of people are very bold and blustery on Twitter because it's easy to do that with the poison keyboard and a hundred and forty characters.
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It is really hard when you spend your life living out of a suitcase. But it really does weed out superficial people - if someone is still with you after the second movie, then they're probably a good one! I like to trust people in general - it's the southern girl in me.
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There's so many people that dislike you all the time, so when somebody loves anything that you do, you go 'Yes! Finally!' Even if it means the dyn-o-mite thing.
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I went to football training when I was five because I think my father thought he had two boys.
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I think, like every actor, you've just to pick what you're interested in.
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If you're not in the business to improve society, you shouldn't be in business.
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'Animal Kingdom' is a significant comet, and it's cast a tail. It's very hard to see anything post that happening without that.
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As a young Christian, I was praying fervently one day for guidance on a particular issue when I felt the Spirit gently interrupt. I was shocked to think I heard him suggest that I was too busy seeking his will. How could that be? Then I heard the rest of his suggestion. “Don’t seek my will in this matter. Seek me—and then you will know my will.” Seeking God’s will is important, but in this case my focus was wrong.
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You don't want to look the same every day of your life. It's boring as hell.
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Yeah. Sometimes I was full of halfhearted yeahs.
