Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
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Socialism is simply Communism for people without the testosterone to man the barricades.
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I am sure that the Ukrainian nation deserves a better life. That is why I have voted for good changes and for stability.
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One thing that bugs me in comedy is when somebody does a fake cry, you know, like they fake cry in a comedy. But in a drama they'll really cry. That bugs me.
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I did not know I was a Midwesterner until I got there. I just fell in love with the people.
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My mother is extremely interested in everything esoteric.
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I'm entirely self-taught, which I think is both a blessing and a curse.
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I do not accept the right of big powers to change governments as and when it affects their interests.
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I don't even see it as cable TV anymore. I've been called 'Larry the Cable Guy' for so long, I don't even think about it being about cable. I don't know anything about cable.
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I don't wanna sound pretentious talking about myself.
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Mountain climbing is my passion, and to empower women through my expeditions is the reason. I am doing the mountain climbing to empower women.
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The minute I saw the front page of the 'Daily Telegraph' - me with my arm around the latest 'X-Factor' contestant - I realised I'd gone into a new realm.
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In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.
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There are some good rules and there are some lousy rules.
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I appreciate the constant evolution in refining food, but not in making food gimmicky.
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I have no pretension that I belong in D.C. I mean, I have to be cautious on how we do our restaurant.
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Apparently God takes reception of Holy Communion seriously. Apparently some things are more sacred than politics. Apparently it's all or nothing when it comes to being Catholic.
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People don't want to serve apprenticeships any more. Kids expect to be paid and treated really well and all that guff before they've achieved anything. It doesn't work like that. You have to spend five or six years being relatively rubbish and put up with it. For that you don't deserve to be getting lottery money.
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I think, as a working mom, I have to dress myself differently now. I used to wear very kind of precious clothes. Now I wear more black.
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Before I started writing, I'd never read much fiction. I was more interested in non-fiction. I'm taking the same approach to theatre: I can operate from a position of ignorance and make up my own rules instead of being bound by customs and practice.
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When I first read the script for 'A Little Chaos,' I just loved reading it, as it is a really lovely, accessible, contemporary period film.
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My marks were always bad, and I was a bad influence on other children, so they would explain to my mother that they could retain me only by being partial towards me, and so I should offer to leave the school myself. I would barely get 40-50% and was also extremely naughty.
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I grew up hiking and horseback riding in Tennessee, so I love being outside. I will joyfully run 12 miles, but I'm not very good at boot camps. When they start yelling, I start laughing.
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That’s how she loved people—by feeding them.
