Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
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I really like my doctors. Some of them I love. I trust them.
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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The Reagans were dear friends for many years, even when he was governor of California. Nancy appreciated a lot of Philippine-made things.
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I used to like to set different film clips to classical music, not even my own songs, but make little movies.
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Beefs against debt collectors are consistently among the top complaints received by both the FTC and state attorneys general.
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When I was 5, I wore a tie, and I wanted to change my name to Larry, which probably tipped my parents off that I was gay.
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As a lot of the venture capital world seems to be shifting away from consumer, we want to make sure that consumer entrepreneurs know there's still money available.
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Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.
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The severe portrait that is not the greatest joy in the world to the subject may be enormously interesting to the reader.
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Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.
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My favorite form of transportation is walking. I live in a neighborhood where you can walk to restaurants, banks, and shops.
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As more women 'lean in' and we collectively continue to fight sexism, there's another barrier to progress that hasn't been addressed: Many men who would like to see more women leaders are afraid to speak up about it.
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I care about being creative and expressing myself.
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I am what we call a 'karma yogi' in Sanskrit. A karma yogi is somebody who believes in data. I collect a lot of data.
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In the 1960s and '70s, there wasn't much evidence at all. We knew vaguely the causes of cancer, but methods like genomics were very new.
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When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.
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I came from a wealthy family. I made over my share of the estate to various charities.
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My waist used to be tiny. I just saw a picture of Miley Cyrus with a little crop top and low pants, and I'm like, 'That was me growing up in Brazil!' I had the typical model body, but after babies, it changed. I look more like a woman.
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The Ukrainian community is tight-knit by nature.
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I have been given much, and so I want to give as much as I can.
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There are things that bother me. I try not to let them, but they do.
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I got a lot happening, a whole lot, and it's not always easy being me.
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Everyone expected something from me. Something I just couldn't give.
