Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
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I've learned the importance of loving what you do. I have also learned more patience due to the nature of the music business.
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It gives me immense pleasure to be trustworthy, faithful, and true – to have the kind of romantic bond that inspires this.
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The addition of nuts in salad... I always find to be beneficial.
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Confidence is the most beautiful thing you can possess.
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When Gordon Brown becomes prime minister, the balance sheet that reflects his economic stewardship could look very sickly indeed. He could become Labour's biggest liability, not its most marketable asset.
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I don't get hung up on weight.
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You know the actor John Garfield? In one movie he walked up to this train station, the ticket booth, and the guy says, 'Yes, where are you going?' And he says, 'I want a ticket to nowhere.' I thought: that's it. The freedom to do that. I want a ticket to nowhere.
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I used to be in the real estate business, and I have three areas of interest: Chickamauga Lock, Chickamauga Lock, and Chickamauga Lock.
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I learned that coming out was crucial to self-esteem.
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I'm not very into pastas or heavy foods like meat, but pastries, especially if they come from a really nice French bakery, I go crazy over! I try to allow myself those little treats in the morning for breakfast, then I have a lighter lunch.
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However muted its present appearance may be, sexual dominion obtains nevertheless as perhaps the most pervasive ideology of our culture and provides its most fundamental concept of power.
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My style is definitely not ladylike - frills and bows kinda scare me - but I like the military look because I love that olive green khaki color.
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I don't think we're wasting people in space.
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For most people reform meant relief from ecclesiastical extortions.
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'Another world is not only possible, she's on the way and, on a quiet day, if you listen very carefully you can hear her breathe.'
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I'm a big Gorillaz fan.
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In 'Shadow Tag,' Erdrich creates scenes from a fictional marriage, that of two American Indians, Irene and her painter husband Gil, that suggest some of the worst psychological torments and stresses of real life.
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Karma is only in space time and causality. Your real self resides non-locally.
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The one thing that I know is that you win with good people.
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The best way to avoid bureaucracy is to have small teams who are empowered to make decisions and get their work done.
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China is the big economic engine in Asia, so what happens is, as China growth expands, these countries in the periphery of China, whether it be Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, they end up growing with China because they become big exporters.
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Sudheer Varma is very easy going and very confident director. He knows exactly what he wants. He has a very good vision and knows how many shots he wants for a scene. He is super fast. He gives freedom for actors to try different things. The atmosphere on the sets was never serious. We had great fun working together.
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Talking to myself in my journal qualified as talking to someone my own age.
