Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
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Basically, I have a gift as an actress, and I want to present the sophisticated side of me as an actress and a person.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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We are evolving as one species - not only as Americans, Syrians, Russians, Chinese, and jihadists. We cannot attack one without inflicting forms of violence and destruction upon ourselves. This is our new reality.
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I'm not a great reader of historical fiction; it's not my favourite genre.
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People weren't buying as many records. My record company did not want me. I went through three record companies, went on tour at the wrong time. It destroyed me.
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Google never knew how successful key words would be.
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Many people in the West do not realise how oppressive some Muslim states are - both for men and for women. This is a cultural issue, not an Islamic one.
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The Church does not pretend to be scientists. It teaches based upon what science tells it.
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I am hoping for a long career.
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Men are likely to be quite generous, especially financially.
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Why has elegance found so little following? That is the reality of it. Elegance has the disadvantage, if that's what it is, that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it.
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I think at a certain age I became conscious of the power of words. And it was fairly late. I was kind of a goofball - but I was always subconsciously thinking about issues.
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[About the diaspora] Canaan is too small for God's children. The Land of Israel will spread through all lands!
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A man's happiness consists in the free exercise of his highest faculties.
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Often I choose characters who express not my best self, but the sides of me I haven't developed or haven't expressed.
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Every night we stopped in a cabin where wood had been stacked, matches left, and canned goods laid out for the chance traveler. All the unknown host received in return was a scribbled note giving our thanks, any news we could think of, and our names. This whole system of northern hospitality was a gigantic chain, for while we were eating this man’s beans, he was undoubtedly farther up the trail, eating somebody else’s.
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I wondered if happiness would go away when she died.
