Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
Through all of youth I was looking for you without knowing what I was looking for —W. S. Merwin
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Because I'm so hands on here at work and always looking at fabrics you have to be mobile and as comfortable as possible.
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The only way to do is just to go for it, otherwise it ends up looking phoney.
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Since my father was a superstar, without me knowing it, I became a child star, as my father's entire fan base liked me, and I can't thank my father enough for this, as it was so effortless.
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Gay men in L.A. are all a bunch of tens looking for an eleven.
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We are looking for rebuilding Hungarian defence Industry with India's participation.
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You have to see if the batsman is coming out, if he is staying back, what his grip is like, to gauge his intentions. A common trend I have observed is, a lot of batsmen change their grips when they are looking to hit: normally they either go high or slide their hand to the bottom of the handle to get maximum power.
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I definitely don't want to do drama. I'm not looking to branch out into that world.
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I'm an American searching for some sort of parameters, a way of life - I'm looking for a slight formality, for a place where you can never be overdressed.
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To be black in the Baltimore of my youth was to be naked before the elements of the world.
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I'd like it if people thought I was Jewish looking.
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I still get recognized. It's flattering, but it can be uncomfortable. Maybe because it only seems to happen when I'm looking and feeling crappy.
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Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a shoulder to put her head on.
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If I have a choice between looking something up and making it up, I'll make it up every time.
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A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.
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It was helpful to have the confidence of youth that came from a lack of desperation. I thought, 'If I don't succeed, I'll go back to school and study.'
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Arab youth are taught to wonder, 'Since the Holocaust was a European affair, why are the Palestinians being forced to pay for the creation of Israel?'
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Make clear that people understand what your circumstances are. And looking for pity - that's a mistake.
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I'm looking for all the things that are beneficial in the human genome. Everything that I do is based on a very simple principle: things that are beneficial will spread through populations very quickly.
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The love of God is no mere sentimental feeling; it is redemptive power!
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You can drain the life and nuances and complexity out of things by homogenizing them to make everything harmoniously dull, flat, conflict-free, strife-free.
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If you want to teach women to be great writers, you should show them the best, and the best was often done by men. It was more often done by men than by women, if we're going to be truthful.
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Oscar Charleston was the Willie Mays of his day. Nobody ever played center field better than Willie Mays. Suppose they had never given Willie a chance, and we said that, would anybody believe there was a kid in Alabama who was that good? Or there was a black guy in Atlanta who might break Babe Ruth's home run record? No.
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Through all of youth I was looking for you without knowing what I was looking for —W. S. Merwin
