Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
Maybe life was just a series of phases—one phase after another after another. Maybe, in a couple of years, I’d be going through the same phase as the eighteen-year-old lifeguards. Not that I really believed in my mom’s phase theory. It didn’t sound like an explanation—it sounded like an excuse. I don’t think my mom got the whole guy thing. I didn’t get the guy thing either. And I was a guy.Benjamin Alire Saenz
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For most of my time in Tallahassee, I did a lot of transportation.
Dan Webster -
The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.
Umberto Eco -
The training of younger generations is very close to my heart.
Fabiola Gianotti -
Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.
Aaron Sorkin -
One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
Karen Mills -
Sorrel adds a unique grassy sharpness to salads and dressings, but it can be hard to come by.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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You don't drown by falling into water. You only drown if you stay there.
Zig Ziglar -
Today the arts exist in isolation, from which they can be rescued only through the conscious, cooperative effort of all craftsmen. Architects, painters, and sculptors must recognize anew and learn to grasp the composite character of a building both as an entity and in its separate parts.
Walter Gropius -
That's why I'm really trying to produce my own stuff. This film was so good, because I produced it myself, and developed it, and made it with New Line, which is a smaller studio, so I was in control of a lot of stuff that I wasn't in control of for my other films.
Ted Demme -
Just because you have a learning difficulty or difference doesn't mean you aren't smart.
Gavin Newsom -
No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him.
Viktor E. Frankl -
We are all born into the world with nothing. Everything we acquire after that is profit.
Sam Ewing
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Unrest of spirit is a mark of life.
Karl A. Menninger -
Anything that looks good makes you feel better.
Young Jeezy -
My dog Tucker likes to walk late at night because it is a good way to keep me awake. Apparently, the one time I took him for a stroll around midnight represented, to him, a commitment similar to marriage.
W. Bruce Cameron -
Even as technology becomes increasingly critical to the way we live our lives, power our world and defend our shores, the United States has allowed the production of minerals crucial in the creation of these advanced products to slide.
Hank Johnson -
I want to get comfortable with my insecurities until I am no longer insecure. I want to be comfortable in my skin so that I do not need to dump any of my discomfort onto someone else in the form of judgment.
Damien Rice -
The bottom line is that there is a lot more that could and should be done to help people with nutrition and exercise.
Parris Glendening
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I hope to be viewed and judged first and foremost by my accomplishments and capabilities as a leader - regardless of my gender.
Heather Bresch -
I have known that I wanted to be a designer since I was 8 years old.
Rachel Roy -
For me, becoming a man had a lot to do with learning communication, and I learned about that by acting.
Adam Driver -
Maybe life was just a series of phases—one phase after another after another. Maybe, in a couple of years, I’d be going through the same phase as the eighteen-year-old lifeguards. Not that I really believed in my mom’s phase theory. It didn’t sound like an explanation—it sounded like an excuse. I don’t think my mom got the whole guy thing. I didn’t get the guy thing either. And I was a guy.
Benjamin Alire Saenz