Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
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The economics of baseball are the big problem. The big clubs make a lot of money and the little clubs don't.
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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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When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.
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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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Juilliard's mission statement is learn about the classics so you can use that as a springboard to anything that comes your way.
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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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Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.
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Give me a child and I'll shape him into anything.
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We expected, I expected to find actual usable, chemical or biological weapons after we entered Iraq.
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I'm always writing. I'm an obsessive. It's not because I'm a disciplined person. It's because I'm crazy about it.
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I don't want to carry big things around with me. I'm lazy. The snapshot camera, you just carry it around and take the picture. You don't need to think about anything. People in the street are not going to wait for you with a big camera. They would freak out. With a snapshot camera, they are comfortable.
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Everyone expected something from me. Something I just couldn't give.
